R49.9

R49.9: Unspecified voice and resonance disorder

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R49.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified voice and resonance disorder. 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.

Change in voice NOS
Resonance disorder NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R49.9

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

R49.9 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
A56729Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head and Neck
A57040Billing and Coding: Speech-Language Pathology

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Change›voice
Defect, defective›voice
Disorder›resonance
Disorder›voice
Disturbance›voice
Voice›change

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.