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ICD-10-CM Code for Dyspnea R06.0

ICD-10 code R06.0 for Dyspnea is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .

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Official Long Descriptor

Dyspnea
Excludes1: tachypnea NOS (R06.82)
transient tachypnea of newborn (P22.1)

R06

Excludes1: acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)
respiratory arrest (R09.2)
respiratory arrest of newborn (P28.81)
respiratory distress syndrome of newborn (P22.-)
respiratory failure (J96.-)
respiratory failure of newborn (P28.5)

 
R06.0 Dyspnea
Child Code
Dyspnea, unspecified
Child Code
Orthopnea
Child Code
Shortness of breath
Child Code
Acute respiratory distress
Child Code
Other forms of dyspnea

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