Diagnosis Code: R13.0

Short Description: Aphagia

Long Description: Aphagia

The code R13.0 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

• Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
  • Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)
    • Aphagia and dysphagia (R13)
      • R13.0 Aphagia

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

• Absent deglutition
• Aphagia
• Finding related to ability to initiate swallowing reflex
• Finding related to ability to swallow saliva
• Finding related to ability to swallow soft foods
• Finding related to ability to swallow solids
• Finding related to ability to swallow thickened fluid
• Unable to initiate swallowing
• Unable to swallow
• Unable to swallow fluid
• Unable to swallow food
• Unable to swallow saliva
• Unable to swallow soft foods
• Unable to swallow solids
• Unable to swallow thickened fluid

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R13.0 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)

• Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis And Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders With Mcc (391)
• Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis And Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders Without Mcc (392)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R13.0 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Inclusion Terms:
  • Inability to swallow
• Type 1 Excludes Notes:
  • psychogenic aphagia (@F50.9*)

Crosswalk Information

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This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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