R43

The ICD-10-CM code for disturbances of smell and taste is R43. The full clinical description is "Disturbances of smell and taste". R43 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code R43 represents “Disturbances of smell and taste”. It is classified under Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, R43 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 5 child codes under R43.

R43 is in Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings (codes R00-R99).

R43 has 5 child codes, including: R43.0 (Anosmia), R43.1 (Parosmia), R43.2 (Parageusia), R43.8 (Other disturbances of smell and taste), and 1 more.

R43 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0495689. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like disturbances of smell and taste affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

R43 maps to the ICD-11 code: MB41.Z (Disturbances of smell or taste, unspecified).