Diagnosis Code

R05 COUGH


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R05

Short Description: Cough

Long Description: Cough

The code R05 is NOT 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)
      • Cough (R05)
        • R05 Cough

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R05 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • paroxysmal cough due to Bordetella pertussis (@A37.0*-)
    • smoker's cough (@J41.0*)
  • Type 2 Excludes Notes:
    • cough with hemorrhage (@R04.2*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R05 Right Arrow 786.2 Cough

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
R05.1 Acute cough
R05.2 Subacute cough
R05.3 Chronic cough
R05.4 Cough syncope
R05.8 Other specified cough
R05.9 Cough, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023