Is R13 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. R13 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does R13 sit in the tabular list?

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99), in the block Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19).

R13

R13 — Aphagia and dysphagia

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R13 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for aphagia and dysphagia. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Risk adjustment

R13 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Code to one of these instead R13

2 child codes. Green means billable.

R13.0Aphagia
R13.1Dysphagia

Questions about R13

Is R13 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. R13 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does R13 sit in the tabular list?: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99), in the block Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19).