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ICD-10-CM Code for Dysphagia, unspecified R13.10

ICD-10 code R13.10 for Dysphagia, unspecified 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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Dysphagia, unspecified
Difficulty in swallowing NOS

R13.1

Excludes1: psychogenic dysphagia (F45.8)

Code first , if applicable, dysphagia following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -91)

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