R06.0

Non-Billable

ChapterR00–R99

Ranksubcategory

Official Description

Dyspnea

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings (R00-R99).

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here)

tachypnea NOS (R06.82)
transient tachypnea of newborn (P22.1)

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Clinical Hierarchy

CH18Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

R00-R09Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09)

R06Abnormalities of breathing

R06.0Dyspnea

R06.00Dyspnea, unspecified

R06.01Orthopnea

R06.02Shortness of breath

R06.03Acute respiratory distress

R06.09Other forms of dyspnea

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to R06.0:

categoryR06

Abnormalities of breathing

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chapterCH18

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to R06.0. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

12 raw paths

Breath1 unique routes

shortness→R06.0

Distress5 unique routes

acute respiratory→R06.0

respiratory (adult) (child)→R06.0(4 variants)

orthopnea→R06.0

shortness of breath→R06.0

specified type NEC→R06.0

Dyspnea (nocturnal) (paroxysmal)4 unique routes

Direct index entry→R06.0

orthopnea→R06.0