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R09.0

Asphyxia and hypoxemia

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 2 more specific codes instead:

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 Asphyxia and hypoxemia

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 R09 Other symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory system

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)
  • respiratory arrest of newborn (P28.81)
  • respiratory distress syndrome of newborn (P22.0)
  • respiratory failure (J96.-)
  • respiratory failure of newborn (P28.5)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
R09.1 Pleurisy Valid
R09.2 Respiratory arrest Valid
R09.3 Abnormal sputum Valid
R09.8 Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems Not billable
R09.A Foreign body sensation of the circulatory and respiratory system Not billable