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R42 - Dizziness and giddiness


The ICD 10 Code for Dizziness and giddiness is listed as R42.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: R42
Description: Dizziness and giddiness
  • Light-headedness
  • Vertigo NOS
  • Excludes1: vertiginous syndromes (H81.-)
  • vertigo from infrasound (T75.23)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
149 - Dysequilibrium
Chapter Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 780.4 - Dizziness and giddiness