ICD-10 to VA Diagnostic Code Lookup

Your military or private medical records, VA decision letter, and C&P exam report should list ICD-10 diagnosis codes (like G43.909 or M54.50). For a claim to succeed you need three things: 1. Current Diagnosis, 2. In-Service Event, 3. A Nexus. When you are organizing your claim file you should know with certainty that you have actually been diagnosed by a physician. This tool will help you take codes from your medical file and see what VA Condition code they map to. You can also put in the condition you are claiming and get a list of ICD-10 codes to search for in your medical records to insure you have a Current Diagnosis nailed BEFORE you file. Keep in mind that the VA rates disabilities under its own diagnostic codes (38 CFR Part 4) and this tool just helps you correlate the two coding systems. Paste your codes below to see which VA code each diagnosis is most commonly rated under, drawn from 40,328 mapped diagnoses.

Remember: VA rates a disability and its impacts or residuals, not just the diagnosis itself, so an ICD-10 code does not equal a rating. What it does do is confirm you have the diagnosis nailed down in your file before you attempt to file a VA claim for disability. This tool is an encyclopedic cross-reference to help you find the right codes to look for, not a rating, eligibility, or claim-strategy determination. For help with a specific claim, work with a VA-accredited representative.

Translate your diagnosis codes

Paste a problem list, an after-visit summary, or just a few codes. We pull out every ICD-10 code and show the VA diagnostic code it maps to.

Or go the other way: VA code → ICD-10 codes

Have a VA diagnostic code or condition instead? Type it below to see the ICD-10 diagnosis codes most commonly rated under it, the codes you would expect to find in your records for that condition.

Browse by ICD-10 chapter

How many diagnoses in each ICD-10 chapter map to a VA diagnostic code. To look up a single code, use the Condition Lookup search, it accepts ICD-10 codes directly.

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This page is educational and is not legal or medical advice. ICD-10 to VA diagnostic-code mappings are derived from published VA decisions and may not match how your specific claim is coded. For help with a specific claim, work with a VA-accredited representative.