E86.0
E86.0: Dehydration
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E86.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for dehydration. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E86.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above E86.0
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above E86.0
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with E86.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R68.2Dry mouth, unspecified
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
E86.0 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56500Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A56505Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
- A57189Billing and Coding: Serum Magnesium
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Anhydration
- Anhydremia
- Dehydration
- Luetscher's syndrome(dehydration)
- Cachexia›dehydration
- Syndrome›Luetscher's(dehydration)
- Dry, dryness›mouth›due to dehydration
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.