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ICD-10-CM Code for Unspecified symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions R44.9

ICD-10 code R44.9 for Unspecified symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions 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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Unspecified symptoms and signs involving general sensations and perceptions

R44

Excludes1: alcoholic hallucinations (F10.151, F10.251, F10.951)
hallucinations in drug psychosis (F11-F19 with fifth to sixth characters 51)
hallucinations in mood disorders with psychotic symptoms (F30.2, F31.5, F32.3, F33.3)
hallucinations in schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders (F20-F29)

Excludes2: disturbances of skin sensation (R20.-)

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