R09.01
R09.01: Asphyxia
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R09.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for asphyxia. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R09.01 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above R09.01
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on R09.0: Asphyxia and hypoxemia
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above R09.01
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with R09.01
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- T71Asphyxiation
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R09.01 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
- A56730Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy and Oximetry Services
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
- A57205Billing and Coding: Oximetry Services
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation(by)
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation›pathological
- Pathologic, pathological›asphyxia
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.