DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

R13 Aphagia and dysphagia

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R13 is not billable. The category heads 7 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 2 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • Dysphagiacervical → R13.19
  • Dysphagianeurogenic → R13.19
  • Dysphagiaspecified NEC → R13.19

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 18 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
  2. R10-R19 Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)
  3. R13 Aphagia and dysphagia
Billable codes
7
Subdivisions
2
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
8

Codes in R13

  1. R13.0
    Aphagia
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1, Excludes1 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Inability to swallow

    Excludes1

    • psychogenic aphagia (F50.9) F50.9
  2. R13.1
    Dysphagia
    Header
    Excludes1 1, Code first 1

    Excludes1

    • psychogenic dysphagia (F45.8) F45.8

    Code first

    • , if applicable, dysphagia following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -91) I69
  3. R13.10
    Dysphagia, unspecified
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Difficulty in swallowing NOS
  4. R13.11
    Dysphagia, oral phase
    Billable
  5. R13.12
    Dysphagia, oropharyngeal phase
    Billable
  6. R13.13
    Dysphagia, pharyngeal phase
    Billable
  7. R13.14
    Dysphagia, pharyngoesophageal phase
    Billable
  8. R13.19
    Other dysphagia 1 billable code
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

Notes that also apply

Block R10-R19 instructions (Excludes2 9): printed on the block page.

Chapter 18 instructions (Notes 9, Excludes2 4): printed on the chapter 18 page.

Index entries

  • Aphagia → R13.0
  • Dysphagia → R13.10
  • Deglutitionparalysis → R13.0
  • Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete)deglutition → R13.0
  • Dysphagiaoral phase → R13.11
  • Dysphagiaoropharyngeal phase → R13.12
  • Dysphagiapharyngeal phase → R13.13
  • Dysphagiapharyngoesophageal phase → R13.14

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