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R06.0

R06.0: Dyspnea

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R06.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for dyspnea. 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.

  • tachypnea NOS (R06.82)
  • transient tachypnea of newborn (P22.1)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R06.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R06: Abnormalities of breathing

  • acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)
  • respiratory arrest (R09.2)
  • respiratory arrest of newborn (P28.81)
  • respiratory distress syndrome of newborn (P22.-)
  • respiratory failure (J96.-)
  • respiratory failure of newborn (P28.5)

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 R06.0

5 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under R06

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.