ICD-10 diagnosis code
R43.8 Other and unspecified disturbances of smell and taste
R43.8 is the ICD-10 code for Other and unspecified disturbances of smell and taste. It is a four-character subcategory of R43 (Disturbances of smell and taste), the most specific level in the WHO edition. 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
- Subcategory (4 characters)
- Chapter
- XVIII · R00–R99
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What R43.8 includes
Conditions and terms that are coded here.
- Mixed disturbance of smell and taste
R43.8 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
R43.8Annen eller uspesifisert forstyrrelse i lukt og smak
DR438Anden eller ikke specificeret lugte- eller smagsforstyrrelse
- DR438AManglende smagssans
- DR438BSmagsforstyrrelse UNS
- DR438CLugteforstyrrelse UNS
R43.8Muu tai määrittämätön haju- ja/tai makuhäiriö
R43.8Sonstige und nicht näher bezeichnete Störungen des Geruchs- und Geschmackssinnes
R43.8Troubles de l'odorat et du gout, autres et non précisés
R43.8overige en niet-gespecificeerde stoornissen van reuk- en smaakzin
R43.8Other 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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