ICD-10-CM Code R04.9

Valid for Submission

R04.9 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of hemorrhage from respiratory passages, unspecified. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code R04.9 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like blood in upper airway or respiratory tract hemorrhage.

According to ICD-10-CM guidelines this code should not to be used as a principal diagnosis code when a related definitive diagnosis has been established.

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code R04.9 are found in the index:

• - Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed) - R58
  • - respiratory passage or tract - R04.9

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Blood in upper airway
• Respiratory tract hemorrhage

Convert R04.9 to ICD-9

• 786.30 - Hemoptysis NOS (Approximate Flag)

Code Classification

• Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
  • Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09)
    • Hemorrhage from respiratory passages (R04)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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