R06.82
R06.82: Tachypnea, not elsewhere classified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R06.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for tachypnea, not elsewhere classified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R06.82 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- transitory tachypnea of newborn (P22.1)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Tachypnea NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R06.82
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Other codes that can never be billed with R06.82
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R06.0Dyspnea
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R06.82 is named in 19 Medicare coverage policies: 19 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56425Billing and Coding: B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Testing
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A56605Billing and Coding: B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Testing
- A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Tachypnea
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.