R19.6

R19.6: Halitosis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R19.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for halitosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check R19.6 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R19.6

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R19: Other symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen

acute abdomen (R10.0)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

R19.6 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

Foul breath
Halitosis
Breath›foul
Fetid›breath

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under R19

R19.0Intra-abdominal and pelvic swelling, mass and lump
R19.1Abnormal bowel sounds
R19.2Visible peristalsis
R19.3Abdominal rigidity
R19.4Change in bowel habit
R19.5Other fecal abnormalities
R19.7Diarrhea, unspecified
R19.8Other specified symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen