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R07

Pain in throat and chest

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:

  • R07.0 Pain in throat
  • R07.1 Chest pain on breathing
  • R07.2 Precordial pain
  • R07.8 Other chest pain (also a header)
  • R07.9 Chest pain, unspecified

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Pain in throat and chest

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • epidemic myalgia (B33.0)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • jaw pain R68.84
  • pain in breast (N64.4)