ICD-10 diagnosis code

R43 Disturbances of smell and taste

R43 is the ICD-10 code for Disturbances of smell and taste. It is a three-character category divided into 4 subcodes; use the subcode whenever the record supports that level of detail. It belongs to the block R40–R46 (Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behaviour) in Chapter XVIII, Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified.

Code type: Category (3 characters)
Chapter: XVIII · R00–R99
Classification: WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

Subcodes of R43

R43 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

R43Rubbningar av lukt och smak

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DR43Lugte- og smagsforstyrrelser

FinlandICD-10-FI

R43Haju- ja makuhäiriöt

GermanyICD-10-GM

R43Störungen des Geruchs- und Geschmackssinnes

FranceICD-10-FR

R43Troubles de l'odorat et du goût

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

R43stoornissen van reuk- en smaakzin

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

R43.9Unspecified disturbances of smell and taste

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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