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muscle tension dysphonia

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AnneCline

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Does anyone know the ICD 9 code that should be used to report muscle tension dysphonia? Thank you in advance.
 
AnneCline said:
Does anyone know the ICD 9 code that should be used to report muscle tension dysphonia? Thank you in advance.
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I think you should just code it as dysphonia (784.42). I think the dx implies that the muscle tension was probably contributing to the dysphonia.
 
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