R06.6

R06.6: Hiccough

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R06.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hiccough. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check R06.6 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

psychogenic hiccough (F45.8)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R06.6

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.

Medicare coverage

R06.6 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Hiccup, hiccough
Singultus
Spasm, spastic, spasticity›diaphragm(reflex)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.