ICD-9 Code 786.9

Other symptoms involving respiratory system and chest

Not Valid for Submission

786.9 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other symptoms involving respiratory system and chest. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

ICD-9: 786.9
Short Description:Resp sys/chest symp NEC
Long Description:Other symptoms involving respiratory system and chest

Convert 786.9 to ICD-10

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

  • 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

  • Abdominal movement diminished
  • Abnormal diaphragmatic movement
  • Absent breath sounds
  • Air trapping
  • Arytenoid cartilages and posterior portion of vocal cords visible
  • Aspirated blood in lower respiratory tract
  • Biphasic movement of lower ribs
  • Blood in upper airway
  • Blunted hypoxic drive
  • Borderline respiratory obstruction on spirometry
  • Breath holding with temper
  • Bronchophony
  • Chest expansion reduced
  • Chest over-expanded
  • Chest wall retraction
  • Complaining of catarrh
  • Decreased diffusion capacity of lung
  • Decreased maximal voluntary ventilation
  • Diaphragmatic tonic spasm
  • Dissociation of movement of chest wall
  • Does not huff
  • Epiglottis not visible
  • Epiglottis visible, vocal cords not visible
  • Gasping for breath
  • Gastrointestinal contents in upper airway
  • Glossopharyngeal breathing
  • Hanging columella
  • Hemithorax immobile
  • High ventilation-perfusion ratio
  • Increased Bohr effect
  • Increased maximal voluntary ventilation
  • Increased oxygen supply
  • Increased peak expiratory flow rate
  • Inequality of ventilation-perfusion ratio
  • Intercostal recession
  • Interrupted breathing
  • Left side of chest moves less than right
  • Mixed obstructive and restrictive ventilatory defect
  • Nasal obstruction present
  • Obstruction of airway by blood
  • Obstruction of airway by food
  • On examination - abdominal breathing
  • On examination - adventitious sounds present
  • On examination - chest expansion unequal
  • On examination - chest percussion note hyperresonant
  • On examination - chest percussion note tympanitic
  • On examination - intercostal recession
  • On examination - lung cavitation
  • On examination - lung collapse present
  • On examination - rate of respiration slow
  • On examination - shallow breathing
  • On examination - sternal recession
  • On examination - subcostal recession
  • On examination - suprasternal recession
  • On examination - type of respiration
  • Pain of respiratory structure
  • Paradoxic movement of lower ribs
  • Paradoxical chest movement
  • Paradoxical inward movement of abdomen on inspiration
  • Paradoxical respiration
  • Peak flow rate abnormal
  • Pulmonary sign AND/OR symptom
  • Regional ventilation differences
  • Regional ventilation differences due to gravity
  • Respiration intermittent
  • Respiratory finding on palpation of chest wall
  • Respiratory quotient abnormal
  • Respiratory symptom
  • Right side of chest moves less than left
  • Rigid chest
  • Sleep-related groaning
  • Soot in oropharynx
  • Sternal recession
  • Subcostal recession
  • Suprasternal recession
  • Tenderness of respiratory structure
  • Trachea moves down on insp
  • Tracheal breathing
  • Tracheal tug
  • Unable to cough up sputum
  • Unable to expectorate
  • Unequal ventilation
  • Vesicular breathing

Index to Diseases and Injuries

References found for the code 786.9 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.


[Read More]

Lung Diseases

When you breathe, your lungs take in oxygen from the air and deliver it to the bloodstream. The cells in your body need oxygen to work and grow. During a normal day, you breathe nearly 25,000 times. People with lung disease have difficulty breathing. Millions of people in the U.S. have lung disease. If all types of lung disease are lumped together, it is the number three killer in the United States.

The term lung disease refers to many disorders affecting the lungs, such as asthma, COPD, infections like influenza, pneumonia and tuberculosis, lung cancer, and many other breathing problems. Some lung diseases can lead to respiratory failure.

Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health


[Read More]

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

  • And - The word "and" should be interpreted to mean either "and" or "or" when it appears in a title.
  • Code also note - A "code also" note instructs that two codes may be required to fully describe a condition, but this note does not provide sequencing direction.
  • 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.
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes - A type 1 Excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
  • Type 2 Excludes Notes - A type 2 Excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.
  • Includes Notes - This note appears immediately under a three character code title to further define, or give examples of, the content of the category.
  • Inclusion terms - List of terms is included under some codes. These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
  • NEC "Not elsewhere classifiable" - This abbreviation in the Alphabetic Index represents "other specified". When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Alphabetic Index directs the coder to the "other specified” code in the Tabular List.
  • NOS "Not otherwise specified" - This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.
  • See - The "see" instruction following a main term in the Alphabetic Index indicates that another term should be referenced. It is necessary to go to the main term referenced with the "see" note to locate the correct code.
  • See Also - A "see also" instruction following a main term in the Alphabetic Index instructs that there is another main term that may also be referenced that may provide additional Alphabetic Index entries that may be useful. It is not necessary to follow the "see also" note when the original main term provides the necessary code.
  • 7th Characters - Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.
  • With - The word "with" should be interpreted to mean "associated with" or "due to" when it appears in a code title, the Alphabetic Index, or an instructional note in the Tabular List. The word "with" in the Alphabetic Index is sequenced immediately following the main term, not in alphabetical order.