Diagnosis Code: R42

Short Description: Dizziness and giddiness

Long Description: Dizziness and giddiness

The code R42 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

• Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
  • Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior (R40-R46)
    • Dizziness and giddiness (R42)
      • R42 Dizziness and giddiness

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

• Apoplectic vertigo
• Cervical vertigo
• Chronic vertigo
• Constant vertigo
• Dissociative neurological symptom disorder co-occurrent with dizziness
• Dizziness
• Dizziness and giddiness
• Dizziness due to drug
• Dizziness due to drug
• Dizziness following neck extension
• Dizziness of unknown cause
• Dizziness on standing up
• Dizziness present
• Dizzy spells
• Dysequilibrium syndrome
• Episodic recurrent vertigo
• Essential vertigo
• Exertional dizziness
• Felt faint
• Giddiness
• Giddiness present
• Lateral vertigo
• Lightheadedness
• Loss of equilibrium
• Mal de debarquement syndrome
• Multisensory dizziness
• Nocturnal vertigo
• Non-labyrinthine vertigo
• Objective vertigo
• Ocular vertigo
• Oscillation of surroundings
• Persistent postural perceptual dizziness
• Posttraumatic vertigo
• Posttraumatic vertigo
• Postural dizziness
• Severe vertigo
• Severe vertigo, acute onset
• Subjective vertigo
• Vertigo
• Vertigo as late effect of stroke
• Vertigo as sequela of cerebrovascular disease
• Vertigo as sequela of cerebrovascular disease
• Vertigo as sequela of ischemic cerebrovascular accident
• Vertigo associated with recent change in eyeglasses
• Vertigo caused by drug
• Vertigo due to and following embolic cerebrovascular accident
• Vertigo due to and following hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident
• Vertigo due to brain injury
• Vertigo due to brain injury
• Vertigo due to cervical arthrosis
• Vertigo on awakening
• Vertigo preceded by chewing
• Vertigo preceded by head injury
• Vertigo preceded by prolonged dental work or oral surgery
• Vertigo preceded by unsteady feeling
• Vertigo produced by neck pressure
• Vertigo when trying to urinate
• Vertigo, acute onset with vomiting and inability to stand
• Vomiting symptom

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R42 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Inclusion Terms:
  • Light-headedness
  • Vertigo NOS
• Type 1 Excludes Notes:
  • vertiginous syndromes (@H81*.-)
  • vertigo from infrasound (@T75.23*)

Crosswalk Information

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