ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Symptoms, signs or clinical findings of the digestive...
Symptoms or signs involving the digestive system or abdomen
Symptoms related to the upper gastrointestinal tract
MD93 — Dysphagia
ICD-11 MD93 — Dysphagia
Difficulty in swallowing which may result from neuromuscular disorder or mechanical obstruction. Dysphagia is classified into two distinct types: oropharyngeal dysphagia due to malfunction of the pharynx and upper oesophageal sphincter; and oesophageal dysphagia due to malfunction of the oesophagus.
It includes 1 item.
- Difficulty in swallowing
It excludes 1 item.
- Functional swallowing disorder (DD90.1)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: