Chapter 18 - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)»Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)»Dysphagia, oropharyngeal phase (R13.12)
R13.12
Dysphagia, oropharyngeal phase
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
Deglutition Disorders66 drugs (45 approved, 21 experimental)
Difficulty in SWALLOWING which may result from neuromuscular disorder or mechanical obstruction. Dysphagia is classified into two distinct types: oropharyngeal dysphagia due to malfunction of the PHARYNX and UPPER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER; and esophageal dysphagia due to malfunction of the ESOPHAGUS.