R09.82

R09.82: Postnasal drip

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R09.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for postnasal drip. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check R09.82 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R09.82

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.

Medicare coverage

R09.82 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Drip, postnasal(chronic)
Postnasal drip
Discharge›postnasal

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.