ICD-10-CM › R00-R99 › R00-R09 › R06 Abnormalities of breathing › R06.5
Mouth breathing
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Mouth breathing
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.
- Snuffles
- Breathing > mouth
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| R06.0 | Dyspnea | Not billable |
| R06.1 | Stridor | Valid |
| R06.2 | Wheezing | Valid |
| R06.3 | Periodic breathing | Valid |
| R06.4 | Hyperventilation | Valid |
| R06.6 | Hiccough | Valid |
| R06.7 | Sneezing | Valid |
| R06.8 | Other abnormalities of breathing | Not billable |
| R06.9 | Unspecified abnormalities of breathing | Valid |