R06.9 UNSPECIFIED ABNORMALITIES OF BREATHING

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R06.9
Short Description: Unspecified abnormalities of breathing
Long Description: Unspecified abnormalities of breathing
Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

The code R06.9 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)

Synonyms

Abnormal breathing
Abnormal respiratory rate
Finding of respiratory rate
Respiratory alteration

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code		ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
R06.9		786.00	Respiratory abnorm NOS

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
R06.89	Other abnormalities of breathing

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2025

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