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R06.6 - Hiccough


The ICD 10 Code for Hiccough is listed as R06.6.
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: R06.6
Description: Hiccough
  • Excludes1: psychogenic hiccough (F45.8)
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 - Abnormalities of breathing
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 786.8 - Hiccough
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R06.6:
R06.0 - Dyspnea
R06.1 - Stridor
R06.2 - Wheezing
R06.3 - Periodic breathing
R06.4 - Hyperventilation
R06.5 - Mouth breathing
R06.7 - Sneezing
R06.8 - Other abnormalities of breathing
R06.9 - Unspecified abnormalities of breathing