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ICD-10-CM Code for Dysphagia R13.1

ICD-10 code R13.1 for Dysphagia is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .

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Official Long Descriptor

Dysphagia
Code first , if applicable, dysphagia following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -91)
Excludes1: psychogenic dysphagia (F45.8)
 
R13.1 Dysphagia
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Dysphagia, unspecified
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Dysphagia, oral phase
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Dysphagia, oropharyngeal phase
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Dysphagia, pharyngeal phase
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Dysphagia, pharyngoesophageal phase
Child Code
Other dysphagia

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