ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R09.82
Postnasal drip
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R09.82
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- Category
- R09 — Other symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory system
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R09.82 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of postnasal drip. 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 R09
- R09Other symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory system
- R09.0Asphyxia and hypoxemia
- R09.01Asphyxia
- R09.02Hypoxemia
- R09.1Pleurisy
- R09.2Respiratory arrest
- R09.3Abnormal sputum
- R09.8Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems
- R09.81Nasal congestion
- R09.89Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems
- R09.AForeign body sensation of the circulatory and respiratory system
- R09.A0Foreign body sensation, unspecified
- R09.A1Foreign body sensation, nose
- R09.A2Foreign body sensation, throat
- R09.A9Foreign body sensation, other site
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