Diagnosis Code: R06.5

Short Description: Mouth breathing

Long Description: Mouth breathing

The code R06.5 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)
      • R06.5 Mouth breathing

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

• Chronic mouth breathing
• Mouth breathing
• Mouth breathing
• Mouth breathing with nasal obstruction
• Obligatory mouth breathing
• Route of breathing - finding
• Route of breathing - finding
• Route of breathing - finding
• Route of breathing - finding
• Snuffles
• Xerostomia
• Xerostomia due to mouth breathing

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R06.5 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)

• Other Ear, Nose, Mouth And Throat Diagnoses With Mcc (154)
• Other Ear, Nose, Mouth And Throat Diagnoses With Cc (155)
• Other Ear, Nose, Mouth And Throat Diagnoses Without Cc/mcc (156)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R06.5 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Type 2 Excludes Notes:
  • dry mouth NOS (@R68.2*)

Crosswalk Information

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