ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R06.09
Other forms of dyspnea
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R06.09
- 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 R06.09 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of other forms of dyspnea. 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
- R06.03Acute respiratory distress
- 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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