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R49.1

R49.1: Aphonia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R49.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for aphonia. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Loss of voice

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R49.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R49: Voice and resonance disorders

  • psychogenic voice and resonance disorders (F44.4)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

R49.1 is named in 16 Medicare coverage policies: 16 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A52866Billing and Coding: Speech-Language Pathology
  • A53052Billing and Coding: Home Health Speech-Language Pathology
  • A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
  • A54969Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Aphonia(organic)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under R49

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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