ICD-10-CM Code for Asphyxia and hypoxemia R09.0

ICD-10 code R09.0 for Asphyxia and hypoxemia 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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Asphyxia and hypoxemia

Excludes1: asphyxia due to carbon monoxide (T58.-)
asphyxia due to foreign body in respiratory tract (T17.-)
birth (intrauterine) asphyxia (P84)
hyperventilation (R06.4)
traumatic asphyxia (T71.-)

Excludes2: hypercapnia (R06.89)

R09

Excludes1: acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)
respiratory arrest of newborn (P28.81)
respiratory distress syndrome of newborn (P22.0)
respiratory failure (J96.-)
respiratory failure of newborn (P28.5)

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R09.89-Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems-question

You can't just use this code unless your provider's documentation supports it. You'll need to look at the reasons for which the provider ordered this test. If one of those documented symptoms or con... [ Read More ]

R09.89-Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems-question

Hi everyone, If I have a patient who is having an abdominal duplex (93978) and they do not meet criteria for the test (no diagnosis that are listed on the MEDICARE LCD list), but have a range of othe... [ Read More ]

throat clearing dx code

[QUOTE="thomas7331, post: 501584, member: 5404"] R09.82 is for postnasal drip - you can't assign that unless that was the symptom and/or that's what the provider documented. R09.89 is an 'other speci... [ Read More ]

throat clearing dx code

R09.82 is for postnasal drip - you can't assign that unless that was the symptom and/or that's what the provider documented. R09.89 is an 'other specified' code which appropriate for symptoms that do... [ Read More ]

throat clearing dx code

Would dx code R09.82 be best for using if note just states throat clearing as dx , since nothing mentioned about R09.89 for feeling of foreign body sensation or choking sensation? thanks... [ Read More ]

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[QUOTE="harleymantampa, post: 501425, member: 269727"] R09.89 [/QUOTE] thank you... [ Read More ]

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R09.89... [ Read More ]

Hypoxia vs hypoxemia

First of all, 'unbundling' is a concept that applies to procedure coding, not diagnosis coding, so that is not an issue here. As to whether or not both codes should be reported would depend on docume... [ Read More ]

Hypoxia vs hypoxemia

I understand the difference between the two, but I've seen both coded together. Ex: acute respiratory failure w/hypoxia (J96.01) and hypoxemia (R09.02); hypoxia coded by itself is the same code as hyp... [ Read More ]

Coding Respiratory Insufficiency vs. Failure

I code for a Pulmonologist and he uses Acute Hypoxic Respiratory Insufficiency a lot . I think we should code this as J96.01, my colleague disagrees since it given as insufficiency she thinks we shoul... [ Read More ]

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