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R05.4

Cough syncope

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2022 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2022 to now.

  1. FY2022 Added to the code set Cough syncope

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from R05 Cough

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • paroxysmal cough due to Bordetella pertussis (A37.0-)
  • smoker's cough (J41.0)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • cough with hemorrhage (R04.2)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
R05.1 Acute cough Valid
R05.2 Subacute cough Valid
R05.3 Chronic cough Valid
R05.8 Other specified cough Valid
R05.9 Cough, unspecified Valid