R49.8

R49.8: Other voice and resonance disorders

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R49.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other voice and resonance disorders. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R49.8

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

R49.8 is named in 22 Medicare coverage policies: 22 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A53052Billing and Coding: Home Health Speech-Language Pathology
A54095Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
A54969Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.