R09.89
R09.89: Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R09.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R09.89 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Abnormal chest percussion
- Bruit (arterial)
- Chest tympany
- Choking sensation
- Friction sounds in chest
- Rales
- Weak pulse
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R09.89
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R09.89 is named in 12 Medicare coverage policies: 12 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52992Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Cerebrovascular Arterial Studies
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A56697Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
- A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Bruit(arterial)
- Choking sensation
- Rales
- Runny nose
- Scratchy throat
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›chest sounds(friction) (rales)
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›percussion, chest(tympany)
- Congestion, congestive›chest
- Congestion, congestive›lung
- Friction›sounds, chest
- Labile›blood pressure
- Nodule, nodular›retrocardiac
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.