R05.3
R05.3: Chronic cough
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R05.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chronic cough. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R05.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Persistent cough
- Refractory cough
- Unexplained cough
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R05.3
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above R05.3
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R05.3 is named in 18 Medicare coverage policies: 18 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52866Billing and Coding: Speech-Language Pathology
- A56558Billing and Coding: Allergy Testing
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A56621Billing and Coding: Swallowing Studies for Dysphagia
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Cough›chronic
- Cough›persistent
- Cough›refractory
- Cough›unexplained
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.