R05
R05: Cough
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
R05 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cough. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- cough with hemorrhage (R04.2)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead R05
6 child codes. Green means billable.