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R07.1

R07.1: Chest pain on breathing

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R07.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chest pain on breathing. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Painful respiration

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R07.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R07: Pain in throat and chest

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above R07.1

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on R07: Pain in throat and chest

Other codes that can never be billed with R07.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • R52Pain, unspecified

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

R07.1 is named in 31 Medicare coverage policies: 31 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A56034Billing and Coding: Nerve Blockade for Treatment of Chronic Pain and Neuropathy
  • A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
  • A56607Billing and Coding: Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks (CPNB)
  • A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Diaphragmalgia
  • Pain›costochondral
  • Pain›diaphragm
  • Pain›respiration
  • Painful›respiration
  • Respiration›painful
  • Syndrome›chest wall
  • Syndrome›Prinzmetal-Massumi
  • Pain›chest›on breathing

The condition this code belongs to

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under R07

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.