R09.A2

R09.A2: Foreign body sensation, throat

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R09.A2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for foreign body sensation, throat. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Foreign body sensation globus

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R09.A2

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.A2 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56729Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head and Neck

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Feeling›foreign body in throat
Foreign body›feeling of, in throat
Sensation›foreign body›globus
Sensation›foreign body›throat

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.