Diagnosis Code

R53.81 OTHER MALAISE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R53.81

Short Description: Other malaise

Long Description: Other malaise

The code R53.81 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
    • General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
      • Malaise and fatigue (R53)
        • R53.81 Other malaise

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • General health deterioration
  • Generally unwell
  • Malaise
  • Malaise
  • Malaise
  • Malaise and fatigue
  • Malaise with AIDS

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R53.81 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Signs And Symptoms With Mcc (947)
  • Signs And Symptoms Without Mcc (948)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R53.81 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Chronic debility
    • Debility NOS
    • General physical deterioration
    • Malaise NOS
    • Nervous debility
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • age-related physical debility (@R54*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R53.81 Right Arrow 780.79 Malaise and fatigue NEC
799.3 Debility 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
R53 Malaise and fatigue
R53.0 Neoplastic (malignant) related fatigue
R53.1 Weakness
R53.2 Functional quadriplegia
R53.8 Other malaise and fatigue
R53.82 Chronic fatigue, unspecified
R53.83 Other fatigue


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