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ICD-10-CM Codes
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R00-R99
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
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R00-R09
Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems
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R06-
Abnormalities of breathing
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R06.8
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R06.8
Other abnormalities of breathing
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- R06.8 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM R06.8 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of R06.8 - other international versions of ICD-10 R06.8 may differ.
The following code(s) above
R06.8 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
R06.8:
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To R06.8
R06.03 Acute respiratory distress
R06.8
Other abnormalities of breathing
R06.81 Apnea, not elsewhere classified
R06.82 Tachypnea, not elsewhere classified
R06.89 Other abnormalities of breathing
R06.9 Unspecified abnormalities of breathing
R07 Pain in throat and chest
R07.1 Chest pain on breathing
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.