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Pain in throat or chest

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01

Pain in throat and chest means having pain sensation in throat or chest. Throat is a tube that carries food to oesophagus and air to windpipe and larynx. The technical name for throat is pharynx.

exclusions

• Cervical spine pain  (ME84.0)
• acute sore throat NOS  (CA02)
• pain in breast  (GB23.5)
• Epidemic myalgia  (1D83)
• Dysphagia  (MD93)
• Chronic primary chest pain syndrome  (MG30.00)
• Chronic primary visceral pain  (MG30.00)
• Chronic secondary visceral pain  (MG30.4)

code elsewhere

• Pain in throat  (MD36.0)
• Precordial pain  (MC86)
• Musculoskeletal chest pain  (ME81)

sections/codes in this section (MD30-MD30)

• Chest pain on breathing  (MD30.0)
• Other chest pain  (MD30.1)
• Chest pain, unspecified  (MD30.Z)

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