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ICD-10-CM Code for Pleurodynia R07.81

ICD-10 code R07.81 for Pleurodynia 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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Pleurodynia
Pleurodynia NOS
Excludes1: epidemic pleurodynia (B33.0)

R07

Excludes1: epidemic myalgia (B33.0)

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

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