R01.1

R01.1: Cardiac murmur, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R01.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for cardiac murmur, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Cardiac bruit NOS
Heart murmur NOS
Systolic murmur NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R01.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R01: Cardiac murmurs and other cardiac sounds

cardiac murmurs and sounds originating in the perinatal period (P29.8)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

R01.1 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
A57306Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Murmur(cardiac) (heart) (organic)
Bruit›cardiac
Murmur›systolic

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.