ICD-10-CM Code for Facial weakness R29.810

ICD-10 code R29.810 for Facial weakness 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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Facial weakness

Facial droop

Excludes1: Bell's palsy (G51.0)
facial weakness following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -92)

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