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R06.02 - Shortness of breath


The ICD 10 Code for Shortness of breath is listed as R06.02.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: R06.02
Description: Shortness of breath
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
204 - Respiratory Signs & Symptoms
Chapter Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Block Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09)
Parent R06.0 - Dyspnea
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 786.05 - Shortness of breath
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R06.02:
R06.00 - Dyspnea, unspecified
R06.01 - Orthopnea
R06.09 - Other forms of dyspnea