AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2023 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-CM Codes

Foreign Body Sensation Circulatory and Respiratory System

A new subcategory was created at category R09, Other symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory system, to describe foreign body sensation of the circulatory and respiratory system. Four new codes were created as follows:• R09.A0, Foreign body sensation, unspecified  • R09.A1, Foreign body sensation, nose  • R09.A2, Foreign body sensation, throat • R09.A9, Foreign body sensation, other site A foreign body sensation in the throat, also known as a globus sensation, is the continuous feeling of a lump in the throat or feeling as if something is stuck in the throat when...

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