R13.0 Aphagia

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Inability to swallow

Excludes1 (never code together)

• psychogenic aphagia (F50.9)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 391-392 in MDC 06.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 787.20 Dysphagia, unspecified (approximate)

Diagnosis Index entries for R13.0

• Aphagia
• Deglutition › paralysis
• Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) › deglutition

Nearby codes

• R13 Aphagia and dysphagia
• R13.0 Aphagia (this code)
• R13.1 Dysphagia
• R13.10 Dysphagia, unspecified
• R13.11 Dysphagia, oral phase
• R13.12 Dysphagia, oropharyngeal phase
• R13.13 Dysphagia, pharyngeal phase