Dyspnea, unspecified

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Dyspnea NOS
FY2011 Draft description revised draft ~~Dyspnea NOS~~ Dyspnea, unspecified

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)

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.

Dyspnea

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
R06.01	Orthopnea	Valid
R06.02	Shortness of breath	Valid
R06.03	Acute respiratory distress	Valid
R06.09	Other forms of dyspnea	Valid