Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption (R21)

• ICD-10 Index

  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)

    • Symptoms and signs involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue (R20-R23)

      • Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption (R21)

        • R21 - Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption BILLABLE CODE

Instructional Notations

Includes Includes
This note appears immediately under a three character code title to further define, or give examples of, the content of the category.

• rash NOS

Type 1 Excludes Type 1 Excludes
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.

• specified type of rash- code to condition
• vesicular eruption R23.8