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ICD-10-CM Code for Edema, not elsewhere classified R60

ICD-10 code R60 for Edema, not elsewhere classified 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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Edema, not elsewhere classified
Excludes1: angioneurotic edema (T78.3)
ascites (R18.-)
cerebral edema (G93.6)
cerebral edema due to birth injury (P11.0)
edema of larynx (J38.4)
edema of nasopharynx (J39.2)
edema of pharynx (J39.2)
gestational edema (O12.0-)
hereditary edema (Q82.0)
hydrops fetalis NOS (P83.2)
hydrothorax (J94.8)
newborn edema (P83.3)
pulmonary edema (J81.-)
 
R60 Edema, not elsewhere classified
Child Code
Localized edema
Child Code
Generalized edema
Child Code
Edema, unspecified

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“Edema, bilateral lower extremities”
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Physical therapy
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