MA82.0

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Aphonia

Description

Aphonia is the inability to produce voice. It is considered more severe than dysphonia. Like dysphonia, aphonia can be caused by voice strain or overuse, injury, by structural laryngeal anomalies or by dystonic neurological disorders.

Index terms

  • Aphonia
  • Loss of voice
  • absence of voice
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  • complete voice loss
  • organic aphonia
  • unable to phonate
  • unable to produce voice
  • unable to vocalize

Inclusions

  • Loss of voice

Excludes

  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/108180424 – Dissociative disorders

Exclusions from above levels

  • 19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  • JA66 – Clinical findings on antenatal screening of mother

Sibling codes

  • MA82.1 – Dysphonia
  • MA82.2 – Nasality
  • MA82.Y – Other specified voice disturbances
  • MA82.Z – Voice disturbances, unspecified

Foundation entity

Aphonia – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1385858385

Part of: MA82: Voice disturbances › 21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified