R09.2: Respiratory arrest
R09.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for respiratory arrest. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R09.2 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.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Cardiorespiratory failure
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R09.2
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Other codes that can never be billed with R09.2
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
R09.2 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 212 Respiratory Arrest0.370 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
R09.2 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
- A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
- A57224Billing and Coding: Respiratory Care
- A57306Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Arrest, arrested›respiratory
- Failure, failed›cardiorespiratory
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.