ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R06.03
Acute respiratory distress
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R06.03
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- Category
- R06 — Abnormalities of breathing
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R06.03 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of acute respiratory distress. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in R06
- R06Abnormalities of breathing
- R06.0Dyspnea
- R06.00Dyspnea, unspecified
- R06.01Orthopnea
- R06.02Shortness of breath
- R06.09Other forms of dyspnea
- R06.1Stridor
- R06.2Wheezing
- R06.3Periodic breathing
- R06.4Hyperventilation
- R06.5Mouth breathing
- R06.6Hiccough
- R06.7Sneezing
- R06.8Other abnormalities of breathing
- R06.81Apnea, not elsewhere classified
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