R47-R49 — Symptoms and signs involving speech and voice
ICD-10-CM codes R47-R49 cover symptoms and signs involving speech and voice, within symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified. The block holds 25 codes across 3 categories, of which 19 are billable and 6 are header codes that cannot be submitted on a claim.
What else to watch in R47-R49
- 19 codes are named in Medicare coverage policies. An LCD or NCD lists them as supporting medical necessity, or explicitly as not supporting it. Which applies depends on the MAC for your state.