ICD-10 Code: R42 – Dizziness and Giddiness
ICD-Code R42 is a billable ICD-10 code used for healthcare diagnosis reimbursement of Dizziness and Giddiness. Its corresponding ICD-9 code is 780.4.
Billable: Yes
ICD-9 Code Transition: 780.4
Code R42 is the diagnosis code used for Dizziness and Giddiness. It is a disorder characterized by a sensation as if the external world were revolving around the patient (objective vertigo) or as if he himself were revolving in space (subjective vertigo).
Other Synonyms Include:
- Vertigo
- Vertigo (spinning sensation)
- Vertigo (spinning sensation), chronic
- Vertigo as late effect of embolic cerebrovascular accident
- Vertigo as late effect of hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident
- Vertigo as late effect of ischemic cerebrovascular accident
- Vertigo as sequela of cerebrovascular disease
- Vertigo from stroke
- Vertigo, late effect of cerebrovascular disease
- Chronic vertigo
- Disembarkment syndrome
- Dizziness
- Dysequilibrium
- Dysequilibrium syndrome
- Light headedness
- Lightheadedness
- Non-labyrinth vertigo
- Non-labyrinthine vertigo
General ICD-10 Information
ICD (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health problems) is now on its 10th revision. ICD-10 codes are the byproduct of that revision. This medical classification list is generated by the World Health Organization (WHO), and is used to help healthcare providers identify and code health conditions.
ICD-10 is required for use by physicians and healthcare providers under the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and will replace all ICD-9 code sets.
Many more new diagnoses can be tracked using ICD-10 than with ICD-9. Some expanded code sets, like ICD-10-CM, have over 70,000 codes.
