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R60

Edema, not elsewhere classified

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 3 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 Edema, not elsewhere classified

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

  • angioneurotic edema (T78.3)
  • ascites (R18.-)
  • cerebral edema (G93.6)
  • cerebral edema due to birth injury (P11.0)
  • edema of larynx (J38.4)
  • edema of nasopharynx (J39.2)
  • edema of pharynx (J39.2)
  • gestational edema (O12.0-)
  • hereditary edema (Q82.0)
  • hydrops fetalis NOS (P83.2)
  • hydrothorax (J94.8)
  • newborn edema (P83.3)
  • pulmonary edema (J81.-)