Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 784.49
Other voice and resonance disorders
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 784.49 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 784.49 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 784.49 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R49.8 Other voice and resonance disorders
Approximate Synonyms
  • Abnormal pitch
  • Abnormal vocal flexibility
  • Abnormal vocal intensity
  • Abnormal vocal quality
  • Anterior rhinolalia clausa
  • Breathy voice quality
  • Breathy whispered-intermittent group
  • Buccal voice
  • Change in voice
  • Decreased vocal resonance
  • Difficulty coordinating airflow and voice onset
  • Difficulty producing appropriate pitch
  • Difficulty producing appropriate voice volume
  • Difficulty producing voice
  • Difficulty speaking
  • Difficulty using respiratory support for speech
  • Difficulty using vocal tunes and phonetic units
  • Diphonia
  • Diplophonia
  • Does not coordinate airflow and voice onset
  • Does not use phonological processes
  • Does not use vocal tunes and phonetic units
  • Dysphonia of Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome
  • Egophony
  • Esophageal voice
  • Excessively low pitch
  • Fistula voice
  • Hoarse
  • Husky-breathy whispered-continuous group
  • Hyperfunctional dysphonia
  • Hyperphonia
  • Hypokinetic parkinsonian dysphonia
  • Hypophonia
  • Increased vocal resonance
  • Localization of voice impaired
  • Mixed nasality
  • Mutational falsetto
  • Nasal resonatory disorder
  • Neurologic voice disorder
  • Pathologic change of voice
  • Posterior rhinolalia clausa
  • Psychogenic voice disorder
  • Senile voice
  • Strained hoarse voice-continuous group
  • Strained-strangled voice
  • Tracheoesophageal voice
  • Transsexual voice
  • Unable to imitate vocalization
  • Unable to produce appropriate pitch
  • Unable to produce appropriate voice quality
  • Vocal hyperfunction
  • Voice abuse
  • Voice associated with deafness
  • Voice disorder due to iatrogenic factor
  • Voice disorder due to transsexualism
Clinical Information
  • Any speech disorder involving problems of voice quality, pitch, or intensity
Applies To
  • Change in voice
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 784.49:
  • Aphonia 784.41
    • clericorum 784.49
  • Change(s) (of) - see also Removal of
    • voice 784.49
  • Clergyman's sore throat 784.49
  • Dysphonia 784.42
    • clericorum 784.49
  • Fatigue 780.79
    • voice 784.49
  • Plicae dysphonia ventricularis 784.49
  • Preachers' voice 784.49
  • Sore
  • Speakers' throat 784.49
  • Trachyphonia 784.49
  • Voice
    • change (see also Dysphonia) 784.49
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