ICD-10-CM Code R49
Voice and resonance disorders
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code R49 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the five child codes of R49 that describes the diagnosis 'voice and resonance disorders' in more detail.
- R49 Voice and resonance disorders NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE R49.0 Dysphonia
- BILLABLE R49.1 Aphonia
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- R49.21 Hypernasality BILLABLE
- R49.22 Hyponasality BILLABLE
- BILLABLE R49.8 Other voice and resonance disorders
- BILLABLE R49.9 Unspecified voice and resonance disorder
The ICD code R49 is used to code Dysphonia
Dysphonia is the medical term for disorders of the voice: an impairment in the ability to produce voice sounds using the vocal organs (it is distinct from dysarthria which signifies dysfunction in the muscles needed to produce speech). Thus, dysphonia is a phonation disorder. The dysphonic voice can be hoarse or excessively breathy, harsh, or rough, but some kind of phonation is still possible (contrasted with the more severe aphonia where phonation is impossible).
| MeSH Code: | D055154 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 784.42 |
Coding Notes for R49 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Psychogenic voice and resonance disorders - instead, use code F44.4
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'R49 - Voice and resonance disorders'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code R49. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.