R09.02

R09.02: Hypoxemia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R09.02 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hypoxemia. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R09.02

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R09.0: Asphyxia and hypoxemia

asphyxia due to carbon monoxide (T58.-)
asphyxia due to foreign body in respiratory tract (T17.-)
birth (intrauterine) asphyxia (P84)
hyperventilation (R06.4)
traumatic asphyxia (T71.-)

Written on R09: Other symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory system

acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)
respiratory arrest of newborn (P28.81)
respiratory distress syndrome of newborn (P22.0)
respiratory failure (J96.-)
respiratory failure of newborn (P28.5)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above R09.02

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

Written on R09.0: Asphyxia and hypoxemia

hypercapnia (R06.89)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

R09.02 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 12 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52514Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment - Policy Articlenot covered
A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
A56730Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy and Oximetry Services
A56775Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Angiography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Anoxemia
Anoxia(pathological)
Hypoxemia
Hypoxia
Deficit›oxygen

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under R09.0

R09.01Asphyxia