R06.3
R06.3: Periodic breathing
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R06.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for periodic breathing. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R06.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Cheyne-Stokes breathing
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R06.3
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Other codes that can never be billed with R06.3
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- G47.3Sleep apnea
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R06.3 is named in 15 Medicare coverage policies: 15 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A53026Billing and Coding: Bariatric Surgery Coverage
- A56505Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A56605Billing and Coding: B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Cheyne-Stokes breathing(respiration)
- Breathing›periodic
- Respiration›Cheyne-Stokes
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.