2021 ICD-10-CM Code R06.89
Other abnormalities of breathing
Valid for Submission
R06.89 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other abnormalities of breathing. The code R06.89 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The ICD-10-CM code R06.89 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like abnormal breathing, abnormal respiratory rate, abnormal respiratory rhythm, accessory respiratory muscles used, acute hypoventilation , agonal respiration, etc.
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.
ICD-10: | R06.89 |
Short Description: | Other abnormalities of breathing |
Long Description: | Other abnormalities of breathing |
Code Classification
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code R06.89:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese 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.
- Breath-holding (spells)
- Sighing
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 R06.89 are found in the index:
- - Bradypnea - R06.89
- - Breath
- - holder, child - R06.89
- - holding spell - R06.89
- - Hypercapnia - R06.89
- - Hypoventilation - R06.89
- - Insufficiency, insufficient
- - respiratory - R06.89
- - Irregular, irregularity
- - breathing - R06.89
- - respiratory - R06.89
- - Narcosis - R06.89
- - Respiration
- - insufficient, or poor - R06.89
- - Sighing - R06.89
- - Yawning - R06.89
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Abnormal breathing
- Abnormal respiratory rate
- Abnormal respiratory rhythm
- Accessory respiratory muscles used
- Acute hypoventilation
- Agonal respiration
- Air hunger
- Apneusis
- Ataxic respiration
- Audible inspiration
- Biphasic movement of lower ribs
- Breath holding spell
- Breath holding with temper
- Bronchial breathing
- Bubbling respiration
- Cannot blow
- Cannot breathe deeply enough
- Catching breath
- Chest expansion - finding
- Chest expansion reduced
- Chest movement absent
- Chest movement appearance finding
- Chest movement appearance finding
- Chest movement unequal
- Chest wall retraction
- Childhood obesity
- Chronic hypercapnia
- Chronic hypoventilation
- Chronic respiratory insufficiency
- Cluster breathing
- Croupy breathing
- Crowing respiration
- Death rattle
- Decreased respiratory function
- Deep breathing
- Depth of breathing uneven
- Depth of respiration varies
- Diaphragmatic breathing
- Difficulty controlling breathing
- Difficulty expectorating
- Difficulty huffing
- Difficulty taking deep breaths
- Difficulty to clear sputum
- Dissociation of movement of chest wall
- Does not clear sputum
- Does not control breathing
- Does not expectorate
- Does not huff
- Does not take deep breaths
- Excessively deep breathing
- Expiratory grunting
- Finding related to ability to clear sputum
- Finding related to ability to clear sputum
- Finding related to ability to clear sputum
- Finding related to ability to control breathing
- Finding related to ability to control breathing
- Finding related to ability to control breathing
- Finding related to ability to expectorate
- Finding related to ability to expectorate
- Finding related to ability to expectorate
- Finding related to ability to huff
- Finding related to ability to huff
- Finding related to ability to huff
- Finding related to ability to take deep breaths
- Finding related to ability to take deep breaths
- Finding related to ability to take deep breaths
- Fish-mouthing
- Flaring of alae nasi
- Glossopharyngeal breathing
- Groaning respiration
- Grunting baby
- Grunting respiration
- Hissing respiration
- Hypercapnia
- Hypercapnia with mixed acid-base disorder
- Hypoventilation
- Impaired gas exchange
- Impaired spontaneous ventilation
- Indrawing of ribs during respiration
- Ineffective airway clearance
- Ineffective breathing pattern
- Intercostal recession
- Interrupted breathing
- Irregular breathing
- Lack of respiratory drive
- Left side of chest moves less than right
- Meningitic respiration
- Mixed acid-base balance disorder
- Movement of trachea - finding
- Noisy respiration
- O/E - abdominal breathing
- O/E - air hunger
- O/E - breath sounds
- O/E - breathing method
- O/E - breathing method
- O/E - breathing method
- O/E - breathing method
- O/E - breathing method
- O/E - breathing method
- O/E - breathing method
- O/E - bronchial breathing
- O/E - intercostal recession
- O/E - rate of respiration
- O/E - rate of respiration slow
- O/E - shallow breathing
- O/E - sternal recession
- O/E - stertorous breathing
- O/E - subcostal recession
- O/E - suprasternal recession
- O/E - thoracic breathing
- O/E - type of respiration
- O/E - type of respiration
- Obesity by age of onset
- Obstructive ventilatory defect
- On examination - accessory respiratory muscles used
- Paradoxic movement of lower ribs
- Paradoxical chest movement
- Paradoxical respiration
- Partial neck breather
- Pleuritic breathing
- Poor respiratory drive
- Primary alveolar hypoventilation
- Prolonged expiration
- Pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic underventilation
- Pulmonary hypertension due to lung disease and/or hypoxia
- Pursed-lip breathing
- Rapid-onset childhood obesity, hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, autonomic dysregulation syndrome
- Rattling breathing
- Regional ventilation differences
- Respiratory alteration
- Respiratory alteration
- Respiratory alteration
- Respiratory insufficiency
- Restrained respiration
- Right side of chest moves less than left
- Route of breathing - finding
- Route of breathing - finding
- Route of breathing - finding
- Shallow breathing
- Sighing respiration
- Slow respiration
- Slow shallow breathing
- Sobbing respiration
- Sternal recession
- Stertorous breathing
- Stops breathing
- Subcostal recession
- Suprasternal recession
- Symmetry of chest movement - finding
- Symmetry of chest movement - finding
- Temper problem
- Thoracic breathing
- Total neck breather
- Trachea moves down on insp
- Tracheal breathing
- Unable to breathe
- Unable to clear sputum
- Unable to control breathing
- Unable to expectorate
- Unable to huff
- Unable to take deep breaths
- Unequal ventilation
- Ventilatory defect
- Whistling in nose
- Whistling respiration
- Whooping respiration
Convert R06.89 to ICD-9 Code
The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code R06.89 its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
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.
- Blood gases (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Breath sounds (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Breathing difficulty (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Breathing difficulty - lying down (Medical Encyclopedia)
- How to breathe when you are short of breath (Medical Encyclopedia)
- How to Properly Put On, Take Off a Disposable Respirator (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Living with Dyspnea -- How to Breathe Easier - NIH (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center)
- Pulmonary function tests (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Rapid shallow breathing (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Wheezing (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Code History
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)