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DC 5325: Muscle Injury, Facial Muscles. Evaluate Functional Impairment As Seventh (Facial) Cranial Nerve Neuropathy (Diagnostic Code 8207), Disfiguring Scar (Diagnostic Code 7800), Etc. Minimum, If Interfering To Any Extent With Mastication-10
Read VA diagnostic code 5325 for Muscle injury, facial muscles. Evaluate functional impairment as seventh (facial) cranial nerve neuropathy (diagnostic code 8207), disfiguring scar (diagnostic code 7800), etc. Minimum, if interfering to any extent with mastication-10: published criteria, regulatory notes, related codes and official sources checked October 25, 2026.
Published criteria from 38 CFR 4.73, current through 2026-10-22. Historical decisions may require a different version. This reference does not diagnose a condition or determine an evaluation.
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DC 5325: Muscle Injury, Facial Muscles. Evaluate Functional Impairment As Seventh (Facial) Cranial Nerve Neuropathy (Diagnostic Code 8207), Disfiguring Scar (Diagnostic Code 7800), Etc. Minimum, If Interfering To Any Extent With Mastication-10
Diagnostic code 5325 addresses Muscle injury, facial muscles. Evaluate functional impairment as seventh (facial) cranial nerve neuropathy (diagnostic code 8207), disfiguring scar (diagnostic code 7800), etc. Minimum, if interfering to any extent with mastication-10. Read its specific instructions together with any shared formula, notes and linked provisions. These criteria describe evaluation after the applicable entitlement requirements are met; this reference does not diagnose a condition or determine a claim.
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| 5325 Muscle injury, facial muscles. Evaluate functional impairment as seventh (facial) cranial nerve neuropathy (diagnostic code 8207), disfiguring scar (diagnostic code 7800), etc. Minimum, if interfering to any extent with mastication-10 |
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- Does the decision identify diagnostic code 5325, and does the medical record describe the condition named by this code?
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