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R07.9

R07.9: Chest pain, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R07.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chest pain, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check R07.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R07.9

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R07: Pain in throat and chest

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above R07.9

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 R07.9

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

R07.9 is named in 40 Medicare coverage policies: 40 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
  • A56034Billing and Coding: Nerve Blockade for Treatment of Chronic Pain and Neuropathy
  • A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
  • A56423Billing and Coding: Cardiology Non-emergent Outpatient Stress Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Pain›chest(central)

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.