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R53.1

Weakness

Billable

Code Hierarchy

R53R53.1

Chapter: 18. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

Section: R50-R69 - General symptoms and signs

Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Asthenia NOS

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with R53.1

  • R54 - age-related weakness (R54)
  • M62.81 - muscle weakness (generalized) (M62.81)
  • M62.84 - sarcopenia (M62.84)
  • R54 - senile asthenia (R54)

Related Codes

R53.0Billable

Neoplastic (malignant) related fatigue

R53.2Billable

Functional quadriplegia

R53.8Category

Other malaise and fatigue

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