ICD-9 Code 786.09

Other respiratory abnormalities

  1. ICD-9 Index
  2. Chapter: 780–799
  3. Section: 780-789
  4. Block: 786 Symptoms involving respiratory system and other chest symptoms
  5. 786.09 - Respiratory abnorm NEC

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786.09 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other respiratory abnormalities. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

ICD-9: 786.09
Short Description:Respiratory abnorm NEC
Long Description:Other respiratory abnormalities

Convert 786.09 to ICD-10

The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

  • R06.00 - Dyspnea, unspecified
  • R06.09 - Other forms of dyspnea
  • R06.3 - Periodic breathing
  • R06.83 - Snoring
  • R06.89 - Other abnormalities of breathing

Code Classification

  • Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
    • Symptoms (780-789)
      • 786 Symptoms involving respiratory system and other chest symptoms

Information for Medical Professionals

Synonyms

  • Abnormal airflow
  • Abnormal breath sounds
  • Abnormal distribution of ventilation
  • Abnormal respiratory rhythm
  • Acidotic hyperventilation
  • Acute hypoventilation
  • Adopts particular posture for breathing
  • Agonal respiration
  • Air hunger
  • Airway constriction
  • Alveolar hypoventilation
  • Apneusis
  • Ataxic respiration
  • Basal crepitations
  • Borg Breathlessness Score: 1 very slight
  • Borg Breathlessness Score: 10 maximal
  • Borg Breathlessness Score: 2 slight
  • Borg Breathlessness Score: 3 moderate
  • Borg Breathlessness Score: 4 somewhat severe
  • Borg Breathlessness Score: 5 severe
  • Borg Breathlessness Score: 6 severe
  • Borg Breathlessness Score: 7 very severe
  • Borg Breathlessness Score: 8 very severe
  • Borg Breathlessness Score: 9 very, very severe
  • Breathless - mild exertion
  • Breathless - moderate exertion
  • Breathless - strenuous exertion
  • Bronchial breathing
  • Cannot blow
  • Cannot breathe deeply enough
  • Catching breath
  • Central sleep apnea due to periodic breathing
  • Chest movement unequal
  • Choking during respiration
  • Chronic hypercapnia
  • Chronic hypoventilation
  • Chronic respiratory insufficiency
  • Cluster breathing
  • Crowing respiration
  • Death rattle
  • Decreased blood oxygen pressure
  • Decreased Bohr effect
  • Decreased breath sounds
  • Decreased oxygen affinity
  • Decreased peak expiratory flow rate
  • Decreased total lung capacity
  • Decreased vital capacity
  • Depth of breathing uneven
  • Depth of respiration varies
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Difficulty controlling breathing
  • Difficulty eating due to breathlessness
  • Difficulty expectorating
  • Difficulty huffing
  • Does not control breathing
  • Does not take deep breaths
  • Dyspnea
  • Dyspnea after eating
  • Dyspnea associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Dyspnea at rest
  • Dyspnea leaning over
  • Dyspnea on exertion
  • Dyspnea raising arms
  • Dyspnea, class I
  • Dyspnea, class II
  • Dyspnea, class III
  • Dyspnea, class IV
  • Excessively deep breathing
  • Expiratory dyspnea
  • Extreme obesity with alveolar hypoventilation
  • Fetal OR intrauterine hypercapnia, not clear if noted before OR after onset of labor in liveborn infant
  • Finding of yawning
  • Fish-mouthing
  • Forced vital capacity abnormal
  • Grunting respiration
  • Gurgling
  • Hissing respiration
  • Hypercapnia
  • Hypoventilation
  • Impaired gas exchange
  • Impaired spontaneous ventilation
  • Increased blood oxygen pressure
  • Increased forced expiratory volume
  • Increased functional residual capacity
  • Increasing breathlessness
  • Ineffective airway clearance
  • Ineffective breathing pattern
  • Inspiratory dyspnea
  • Irregular breathing
  • Kussmaul's respiration
  • Labored breathing
  • Lack of respiratory drive
  • Less than 60% of predicted peak expiratory flow rate
  • Less than 60% of predicted peak flow rate
  • Low-pitched rhonchi
  • Lung function mildly obstructed
  • Meningitic respiration
  • Neonatal hypoventilation
  • Nocturnal dyspnea
  • Obstructive ventilatory defect
  • On examination - air hunger
  • On examination - bronchial breathing
  • On examination - death rattle
  • On examination - dyspnea
  • On examination - respiratory distress
  • On examination - stertorous breathing
  • Paradoxical inspiratory filling of neck veins
  • Paroxysmal dyspnea
  • Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
  • Platypnea
  • Poor respiratory drive
  • Primary alveolar hypoventilation
  • Pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic underventilation
  • Pulmonary hypertension due to alveolar hypoventilation disorder
  • Pursed-lip breathing
  • Rattling breathing
  • Regional ventilation differences due to unequal bronchial pathway lengths
  • Regional ventilation differences due to unequal compliance
  • Regional ventilation differences due to unequal stress
  • Respiratory distress
  • Respiratory insufficiency
  • Respiratory murmur
  • Respiratory squeak
  • Respiratory tract paralysis
  • Shallow breathing
  • Slow respiration
  • Slow shallow breathing
  • Smothering
  • Snoring
  • Snoring symptoms
  • Sobbing respiration
  • Stertorous breathing
  • Stops breathing
  • Thoracic breathing
  • Transient respiratory distress with sepsis
  • Trepopnea
  • Unable to breathe
  • Unable to control breathing
  • Unable to cough
  • Unable to huff
  • Unable to take deep breaths
  • Visible respiratory effort
  • Whispering pectoriloquy
  • Whistling in nose
  • Whooping respiration
  • Winded
  • Yawning
  • Yawning absent

Index to Diseases and Injuries

References found for the code 786.09 in the Index of Diseases and Injuries:


Information for Patients


Breathing Problems

When you're short of breath, it's hard or uncomfortable for you to take in the oxygen your body needs. You may feel as if you're not getting enough air. Sometimes you can have mild breathing problems because of a stuffy nose or intense exercise. But shortness of breath can also be a sign of a serious disease.

Many conditions can make you feel short of breath:

  • Lung conditions such as asthma, emphysema, or pneumonia
  • Problems with your trachea or bronchi, which are part of your airway system
  • Heart disease can make you feel breathless if your heart cannot pump enough blood to supply oxygen to your body
  • Anxiety and panic attacks
  • Allergies

If you often have trouble breathing, it is important to find out the cause.


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Snoring

Snoring is the sound you make when your breathing is blocked while you are asleep. The sound is caused by tissues at the top of your airway that strike each other and vibrate. Snoring is common, especially among older people and people who are overweight.

When severe, snoring can cause frequent awakenings at night and daytime sleepiness. It can disrupt your bed partner's sleep. Snoring can also be a sign of a serious sleep disorder called sleep apnea. You should see your health care provider if you are often tired during the day, don't feel that you sleep well, or wake up gasping.

To reduce snoring:

  • Lose weight if you are overweight. It may help, but thin people can snore, too.
  • Cut down or avoid alcohol and other sedatives at bedtime
  • Don't sleep flat on your back

NIH: National Institute on Aging


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ICD-9 Footnotes

General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.

  • Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
  • No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
  • Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.

Index of Diseases and Injuries Definitions

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  • Code first - Certain conditions have both an underlying etiology and multiple body system manifestations due to the underlying etiology. For such conditions, the ICD-10-CM has a coding convention that requires the underlying condition be sequenced first followed by the manifestation. Wherever such a combination exists, there is a "use additional code" note at the etiology code, and a "code first" note at the manifestation code. These instructional notes indicate the proper sequencing order of the codes, etiology followed by manifestation.
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