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R13.1 - Dysphagia


The ICD 10 Code for Dysphagia is listed as R13.1.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: R13.1
Description: Dysphagia
  • Code first if applicable, dysphagia following cerebrovascular disease (I69. with final characters -91)
  • Excludes1: psychogenic dysphagia (F45.8)
Chapter Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Block Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)
Parent R13 - Aphagia and dysphagia
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of R13.1:
R13.10 - Dysphagia, unspecified
R13.11 - Dysphagia, oral phase
R13.12 - Dysphagia, oropharyngeal phase
R13.13 - Dysphagia, pharyngeal phase
R13.14 - Dysphagia, pharyngoesophageal phase
R13.19 - Other dysphagia
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R13.1:
R13.0 - Aphagia