Diagnosis Code

R13.10 DYSPHAGIA, UNSPECIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R13.10

Short Description: Dysphagia, unspecified

Long Description: Dysphagia, unspecified

The code R13.10 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)
        • R13.10 Dysphagia, unspecified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Abnormal deglutition
  • Boder syndrome
  • Difficulty swallowing
  • Difficulty swallowing fluid
  • Difficulty swallowing food
  • Difficulty swallowing pills
  • Difficulty swallowing saliva
  • Difficulty swallowing soft foods
  • Difficulty swallowing solids
  • Difficulty swallowing thickened fluid
  • Does not initiate swallowing reflex
  • Does not swallow
  • Does not swallow fluid
  • Does not swallow food
  • Does not swallow saliva
  • Does not swallow soft foods
  • Does not swallow solids
  • Does not swallow thickened fluid
  • Dysphagia
  • Dysphagia due to and following non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage
  • Dysphagia due to and following non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage
  • Dysphagia due to and following non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • Early-onset myopathy, areflexia, respiratory distress, dysphagia syndrome
  • Finding related to ability to initiate swallowing reflex
  • Finding related to ability to swallow saliva
  • Finding related to ability to swallow saliva
  • Finding related to ability to swallow soft foods
  • Finding related to ability to swallow soft foods
  • Finding related to ability to swallow solids
  • Finding related to ability to swallow solids
  • Finding related to ability to swallow thickened fluid
  • Finding related to ability to swallow thickened fluid
  • Presbyphagia
  • Regurgitates after swallowing
  • Regurgitation of gastric content
  • Swallowing pattern - finding
  • Swallowing symptoms
  • Unable to swallow
  • Unable to swallow tablet
  • Uncompensated swallowing impairment

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R13.10 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 R13.10 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Difficulty in swallowing NOS

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R13.10 Right Arrow 787.20 Dysphagia NOS

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
R13 Aphagia and dysphagia
R13.0 Aphagia
R13.1 Dysphagia
R13.11 Dysphagia, oral phase
R13.12 Dysphagia, oropharyngeal phase
R13.13 Dysphagia, pharyngeal phase
R13.14 Dysphagia, pharyngoesophageal phase
R13.19 Other dysphagia


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