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ICD-10-CM Code for Pain in throat R07.0

ICD-10 code R07.0 for Pain in throat 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

Pain in throat
Excludes1: chronic sore throat (J31.2)
sore throat (acute) NOS (J02.9)
Excludes2: dysphagia (R13.1-)
pain in neck (M54.2)

R07

Excludes1: epidemic myalgia (B33.0)

Excludes2: jaw pain R68.84
pain in breast (N64.4)

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