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R06.7

R06.7: Sneezing

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R06.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for sneezing. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check R06.7 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R06.7

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

R06.7 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Sneezing(intractable)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under R06

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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