ICD-10-CM › R00-R99 › R00-R09 › R09.8 Other specified symptoms and signs... › R09.82
Postnasal drip
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 Postnasal drip
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)
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.
- Postnasal drip
- Drip, postnasal
- Discharge > postnasal
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| R09.81 | Nasal congestion | Valid |
| R09.89 | Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems | Valid |