786.52 PAINFUL RESPIRATION


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 786.52

Short Description: Painful respiration

Long Description: Painful respiration

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
    • Symptoms (780-789)
      • 786 Symptoms involving respiratory system and other chest symptoms
        • 786.52 Painful respiration

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 786.52 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Diaphragmalgia 786.52
  • Pain(s) (see also Painful) 780.96
    • chest (central) 786.50
      • wall (anterior) 786.52
    • costochondral 786.52
    • diaphragm 786.52
    • pleura, pleural, pleuritic 786.52
    • respiration 786.52
  • Painful - see also Pain
    • respiration 786.52
  • Pleuralgia 786.52
  • Pleurodynia 786.52
    • epidemic 074.1
    • viral 074.1
  • Prinzmetal-Massumi syndrome (anterior chest wall) 786.52
  • Respiration
    • painful 786.52
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • anterior
      • chest wall 786.52
    • chest wall 786.52
    • Prinzmetal-Massumi (anterior chest wall syndrome) 786.52

Crosswalk Information

The code 786.52 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
786.52 Right Arrow R07.1 Chest pain on breathing
R07.81 Pleurodynia
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
786.00 Respiratory abnormality, unspecified
786.01 Hyperventilation
786.02 Orthopnea
786.03 Apnea
786.04 Cheyne-Stokes respiration
786.05 Shortness of breath
786.06 Tachypnea
786.07 Wheezing
786.09 Other respiratory abnormalities
786.1 Stridor
786.2 Cough
786.30 Hemoptysis, unspecified
786.31 Acute idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage in infants [AIPHI]
786.39 Other hemoptysis
786.4 Abnormal sputum
786.50 Chest pain, unspecified
786.51 Precordial pain
786.59 Other chest pain
786.6 Swelling, mass, or lump in chest
786.7 Abnormal chest sounds
786.8 Hiccough
786.9 Other symptoms involving respiratory system and chest


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