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R09.8

R09.8: Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R09.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R09.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

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)

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead R09.8

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under R09

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.