Other voice and resonance disorders

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other voice disturbances
FY2010 Draft description revised draft ~~Other voice disturbances~~ Other voice resonance disorders
FY2011 Draft description revised draft ~~Other voice resonance disorders~~ Other voice and resonance disorders

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from R49 Voice and resonance disorders

Excludes1 - never coded here

psychogenic voice and resonance disorders (F44.4)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Fatigue > voice
Speaker's throat
Change > voice > specified NEC
Voice > change > specified NEC
Disturbance > voice > specified NEC
Disorder > resonance > specified NEC
Disorder > voice > specified type NEC
Defect, defective > voice > specified NEC

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
R49.0	Dysphonia	Valid
R49.1	Aphonia	Valid
R49.2	Hypernasality and hyponasality	Not billable
R49.9	Unspecified voice and resonance disorder	Valid