All ICD10 Codes

R09.8

Non-Billable
ChapterR00–R99
Ranksubcategory
Official Description

Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems

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).
General instructions are available for the parent sections:
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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)
R09Other symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory system
R09.8Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems
R09.81Nasal congestion
R09.82Postnasal drip
R09.89Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to R09.8:

categoryR09
Other symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory system
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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 R09.8. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

24 raw paths
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities2 unique routes
chest sounds (friction) (rales)→R09.8
percussion, chest (tympany)→R09.8
Bruit (arterial)1 unique routes
Direct index entry→R09.8
Choking sensation1 unique routes
Direct index entry→R09.8
Congestion, congestive4 unique routes
chest→R09.8
lung→R09.8
nasal→R09.8
nose→R09.8
Discharge (from)1 unique routes
postnasal→R09.8
Drip, postnasal (chronic)1 unique routes
Direct index entry→R09.8
Foreign body1 unique routes
feeling of, in throat→R09.8
Friction1 unique routes
sounds, chest→R09.8
Labile1 unique routes
blood pressure→R09.8
Nodule (s), nodular1 unique routes
retrocardiac→R09.8
Postnasal drip1 unique routes
Direct index entry→R09.8
Pulse1 unique routes
weak→R09.8
Rales1 unique routes
Direct index entry→R09.8
Runny nose1 unique routes
Direct index entry→R09.8
Scratchy throat1 unique routes
Direct index entry→R09.8
Symptoms NEC4 unique routes
involving(4 variants)
cardiovascular system NEC→R09.8
chest NEC→R09.8
circulatory system NEC→R09.8
respiratory system NEC→R09.8
Tympany1 unique routes
chest→R09.8

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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