R60.9
R60.9: Edema, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R60.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for edema, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R60.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Fluid retention NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R60.9
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on R60: Edema, not elsewhere classified
- angioneurotic edema (T78.3)
- ascites (R18.-)
- cerebral edema (G93.6)
- cerebral edema due to birth injury (P11.0)
- edema of larynx (J38.4)
- edema of nasopharynx (J39.2)
- edema of pharynx (J39.2)
- gestational edema (O12.0-)
- hereditary edema (Q82.0)
- hydrops fetalis NOS (P83.2)
- hydrothorax (J94.8)
- newborn edema (P83.3)
- pulmonary edema (J81.-)
Other codes that can never be billed with R60.9
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R60.9 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52993Billing and Coding: Peripheral Venous Ultrasound
- A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
- A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
- A53065Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical Therapy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Edema, edematous(infectious) (pitting) (toxic)
- Hydrops
- Pitting
- Swelling(of)
- Fluid›retention
- Retention›fluid
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.