ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R09.A1
Foreign body sensation, nose
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R09.A1
- 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.A1 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of foreign body sensation, nose. 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
- R09.82Postnasal drip
- 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.A2Foreign body sensation, throat
- R09.A9Foreign body sensation, other site
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