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Category · FY2027

R06 Abnormalities of breathing

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R06 is not billable. The category heads 17 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 10 subdivisions.

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Where it sits

  1. Chapter 18 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
  2. R00-R09 Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09)
  3. R06 Abnormalities of breathing
Billable codes
17
Subdivisions
10
CC / MCC codes
1 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
47

Codes in R06

  1. R06.0
    Dyspnea
    Header
    Excludes1 2

    Excludes1

    • tachypnea NOS (R06.82) R06.82
    • transient tachypnea of newborn (P22.1) P22.1
  2. R06.00
    Dyspnea, unspecified
    Billable
  3. R06.01
    Orthopnea
    Billable
  4. R06.02
    Shortness of breath
    Billable
  5. R06.03
    Acute respiratory distress
    Billable
  6. R06.09
    Other forms of dyspnea
    Billable
  7. R06.1
    Stridor
    Billable
    Excludes1 2

    Excludes1

    • congenital laryngeal stridor (P28.89) P28.89
    • laryngismus (stridulus) (J38.5) J38.5
  8. R06.2
    Wheezing
    Billable
    Excludes1 1

    Excludes1

    • Asthma (J45.-) J45
  9. R06.3
    Periodic breathing
    BillableCC
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Cheyne-Stokes breathing
  10. R06.4
    Hyperventilation
    Billable
    Excludes1 1

    Excludes1

    • psychogenic hyperventilation (F45.8) F45.8
  11. R06.5
    Mouth breathing
    Billable
    Excludes2 1

    Excludes2

    • dry mouth NOS (R68.2) R68.2
  12. R06.6
    Hiccough
    Billable
    Excludes1 1

    Excludes1

    • psychogenic hiccough (F45.8) F45.8
  13. R06.7
    Sneezing
    Billable
  14. R06.8
    Other abnormalities of breathing
    Header
  15. R06.81
    Apnea, not elsewhere classified
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1, Excludes1 3

    Inclusion terms

    • Apnea NOS

    Excludes1

    • apnea (of) newborn (P28.4-) P28.4
    • sleep apnea (G47.3-) G47.3
    • sleep apnea of newborn (primary) (P28.3-) P28.3
  16. R06.82
    Tachypnea, not elsewhere classified
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1, Excludes1 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Tachypnea NOS

    Excludes1

    • transitory tachypnea of newborn (P22.1) P22.1
  17. R06.83
    Snoring
    Billable
  18. R06.89
    Other abnormalities of breathing
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Breath-holding (spells)
    • Sighing
  19. R06.9
    Unspecified abnormalities of breathing
    Billable

CC/MCC: as a secondary diagnosis, unless the principal diagnosis is on the code’s PDX exclusion list (MS-DRG v44 Appendix C; list on the code card).

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At R06

Excludes1

  • acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80) J80
  • respiratory arrest (R09.2) R09.2
  • respiratory arrest of newborn (P28.81) P28.81
  • respiratory distress syndrome of newborn (P22.-) P22
  • respiratory failure (J96.-) J96
  • respiratory failure of newborn (P28.5) P28.5

Notes that also apply

Chapter 18 instructions (Notes 9, Excludes2 4): printed on the chapter 18 page.

Index entries

  • Dyspnea (nocturnal) (paroxysmal) → R06.00
  • Orthopnea → R06.01
  • Stridor → R06.1
  • Wheezing → R06.2
  • Cheyne-Stokes breathing (respiration) → R06.3
  • Hyperventilation (tetany) → R06.4
  • Snuffles (non-syphilitic) → R06.5
  • Hiccup, hiccough → R06.6
  • Singultus → R06.6
  • Sneezing (intractable) → R06.7
  • Apnea, apneic (of) (spells) → R06.81
  • Breathlessness → R06.81
  • Smothering spells → R06.81
  • Tachypnea → R06.82
  • Snoring → R06.83
  • Bradypnea → R06.89
  • Hypercapnia → R06.89
  • Hypoventilation → R06.89
  • Narcosis → R06.89
  • Sighing → R06.89
  • Yawning → R06.89
  • Dyspnea (nocturnal) (paroxysmal)orthopnea → R06.01
  • Breathshortness → R06.02
  • Dyspnea (nocturnal) (paroxysmal)shortness of breath → R06.02
  • Short, shortening, shortnessbreath → R06.02
  • Distressacute respiratory → R06.03
  • Distressrespiratory (adult) (child) → R06.03
  • Dyspnea (nocturnal) (paroxysmal)specified type NEC → R06.09
  • Breathingperiodic → R06.3
  • RespirationCheyne-Stokes → R06.3
  • Dyspnea (nocturnal) (paroxysmal)hyperventilation → R06.4
  • Tetany (due to)hyperpnea → R06.4
  • Tetany (due to)hyperventilation → R06.4
  • Breathingmouth → R06.5
  • Spasm(s), spastic, spasticitydiaphragm (reflex) → R06.6
  • Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete)respiratory (muscle) (system) (tract) → R06.81
  • Breathholder, child → R06.89
  • Breathholding spell → R06.89
  • Insufficiency, insufficientrespiratory → R06.89
  • Irregular, irregularitybreathing → R06.89

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