Diagnosis Code

R06.89 OTHER ABNORMALITIES OF BREATHING


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R06.89

Short Description: Other abnormalities of breathing

Long Description: Other abnormalities of breathing

The code R06.89 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
    • Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09)
      • Abnormalities of breathing (R06)
        • R06.89 Other abnormalities of breathing

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Abnormal breathing
  • Abnormal breathing
  • Abnormal respiratory rate
  • Abnormal respiratory rate
  • Abnormal respiratory rhythm
  • Accessory respiratory muscles used
  • Acute hypoventilation
  • Agonal respiration
  • Air hunger
  • Apneusis
  • Ataxic respiration
  • Audible inspiration
  • Biphasic movement of lower ribs
  • Breath holding spell
  • Breath holding with temper
  • Bubbling respiration
  • Cannot blow
  • Cannot breathe deeply enough
  • Catching breath
  • Chest expansion - finding
  • Chest expansion reduced
  • Chest movement absent
  • Chest movement appearance finding
  • Chest movement appearance finding
  • Chest movement appearance finding
  • Chest movement appearance finding
  • Chest movement unequal
  • Chest wall retraction
  • Childhood obesity
  • Chronic hypercapnia
  • Chronic hypoventilation
  • Chronic respiratory insufficiency
  • Cluster breathing
  • Croupy breathing
  • Crowing respiration
  • Death rattle
  • Decreased respiratory function
  • Deep breathing
  • Depth of breathing uneven
  • Depth of respiration - finding
  • Depth of respiration - finding
  • Depth of respiration - finding
  • Depth of respiration - finding
  • Depth of respiration - finding
  • Depth of respiration - finding
  • Depth of respiration - finding
  • Depth of respiration - finding
  • Depth of respiration varies
  • Diaphragmatic breathing
  • Difficulty controlling breathing
  • Difficulty expectorating
  • Difficulty huffing
  • Difficulty taking deep breaths
  • Difficulty to clear sputum
  • Dissociation of movement of chest wall
  • Does not clear sputum
  • Does not control breathing
  • Does not expectorate
  • Does not huff
  • Does not take deep breaths
  • Excessively deep breathing
  • Expiratory grunting
  • Finding of rate of respiration
  • Finding of rate of respiration
  • Finding of respiratory effort
  • Finding of respiratory effort
  • Finding of respiratory effort
  • Finding of respiratory effort
  • Finding of respiratory effort
  • Finding of respiratory effort
  • Finding related to ability to clear sputum
  • Finding related to ability to clear sputum
  • Finding related to ability to clear sputum
  • Finding related to ability to control breathing
  • Finding related to ability to control breathing
  • Finding related to ability to control breathing
  • Finding related to ability to expectorate
  • Finding related to ability to expectorate
  • Finding related to ability to expectorate
  • Finding related to ability to huff
  • Finding related to ability to huff
  • Finding related to ability to huff
  • Finding related to ability to take deep breaths
  • Finding related to ability to take deep breaths
  • Finding related to ability to take deep breaths
  • Fish-mouthing
  • Flaring of alae nasi
  • Glossopharyngeal breathing
  • Groaning respiration
  • Grunting baby
  • Grunting respiration
  • Grunting respiration
  • Hissing respiration
  • Hypercapnia
  • Hypercapnia
  • Hypercapnia with mixed acid-base disorder
  • Hypoventilation
  • Impaired gas exchange
  • Impaired spontaneous ventilation
  • Indrawing of ribs during respiration
  • Ineffective airway clearance
  • Ineffective breathing pattern
  • Intercostal recession
  • Interrupted breathing
  • Interrupted breathing
  • Irregular breathing
  • Kussmaul's respiration
  • Lack of respiratory drive
  • Left side of chest moves less than right
  • Meningitic respiration
  • Mixed acid-base balance disorder
  • Movement of trachea - finding
  • Noisy respiration
  • Obstructive ventilatory defect
  • Paradoxic movement of lower ribs
  • Paradoxical chest movement
  • Paradoxical respiration
  • Partial neck breather
  • Pleuritic breathing
  • Poor respiratory drive
  • Primary alveolar hypoventilation
  • Prolonged expiration
  • Pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic underventilation
  • Pulmonary hypertension due to lung disease and/or hypoxia
  • Pursed-lip breathing
  • Rapid-onset childhood obesity, hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, autonomic dysregulation syndrome
  • Rattling breathing
  • Regional ventilation differences
  • Respiratory alteration
  • Respiratory alteration
  • Respiratory alteration
  • Respiratory alteration
  • Respiratory alteration
  • Respiratory alteration
  • Respiratory insufficiency
  • Restrained respiration
  • Right side of chest moves less than left
  • Route of breathing - finding
  • Route of breathing - finding
  • Route of breathing - finding
  • Shallow breathing
  • Sighing respiration
  • Slow respiration
  • Slow shallow breathing
  • Sobbing respiration
  • Sternal recession
  • Stertorous breathing
  • Stops breathing
  • Subcostal recession
  • Suprasternal recession
  • Symmetry of chest movement - finding
  • Symmetry of chest movement - finding
  • Symmetry of chest movement - finding
  • Symmetry of chest movement - finding
  • Temper problem
  • Thoracic breathing
  • Total neck breather
  • Trachea moves down on insp
  • Tracheal breathing
  • Unable to breathe
  • Unable to breathe
  • Unable to breathe
  • Unable to clear sputum
  • Unable to control breathing
  • Unable to expectorate
  • Unable to huff
  • Unable to take deep breaths
  • Unequal ventilation
  • Urgent desire to deep breathe
  • Ventilatory defect
  • Whistling in nose
  • Whistling respiration
  • Whooping respiration

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R06.89 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Breath-holding (spells)
    • Sighing

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R06.89 Right Arrow 784.99 Head & neck symptoms NEC
786.09 Respiratory abnorm NEC
786.9 Resp sys/chest symp NEC

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
R06 Abnormalities of breathing
R06.0 Dyspnea
R06.00 Dyspnea, unspecified
R06.01 Orthopnea
R06.02 Shortness of breath
R06.03 Acute respiratory distress
R06.09 Other forms of dyspnea
R06.1 Stridor
R06.2 Wheezing
R06.3 Periodic breathing
R06.4 Hyperventilation
R06.5 Mouth breathing
R06.6 Hiccough
R06.7 Sneezing
R06.8 Other abnormalities of breathing
R06.81 Apnea, not elsewhere classified
R06.82 Tachypnea, not elsewhere classified
R06.83 Snoring
R06.9 Unspecified abnormalities of breathing


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