Dyspnea

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

R06.00 Dyspnea, unspecified
R06.01 Orthopnea
R06.02 Shortness of breath
R06.03 Acute respiratory distress
R06.09 Other forms of dyspnea

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Dyspnea

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 R06 Abnormalities of breathing

Excludes1 - never coded here

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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
R06.1	Stridor	Valid
R06.2	Wheezing	Valid
R06.3	Periodic breathing	Valid
R06.4	Hyperventilation	Valid
R06.5	Mouth breathing	Valid
R06.6	Hiccough	Valid
R06.7	Sneezing	Valid
R06.8	Other abnormalities of breathing	Not billable
R06.9	Unspecified abnormalities of breathing	Valid