786.7 - Abnormal chest sounds. ICD-10-CM.
ICD-10 code R06. 02 for Shortness of breath is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .
R09. 89 - Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems | ICD-10-CM.
VICC advises that documentation of respiratory desaturation, meeting criteria for coding, should be coded to R09. 89 Other specified symptoms and signs involving the respiratory system following the Index entry Symptoms specified NEC/involving/respiratory system NEC.
R06. 02 - Shortness of breath. ICD-10-CM.
Shortness of breath — known medically as dyspnea — is often described as an intense tightening in the chest, air hunger, difficulty breathing, breathlessness or a feeling of suffocation. Very strenuous exercise, extreme temperatures, obesity and higher altitude all can cause shortness of breath in a healthy person.
Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems. R09. 89 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM R09.
R05.1 Acute cough.
R09. 8 Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems.
Hypoxemia (low oxygen in your blood) can cause hypoxia (low oxygen in your tissues) when your blood doesn't carry enough oxygen to your tissues to meet your body's needs. The word hypoxia is sometimes used to describe both problems.
Respiratory insufficiency and failure can be defined broadly as the impairment of respiratory gas exchange between the ambient air and circulating blood. Respiratory insufficiency and failure are generally categorized into one of two types—hypercapnic or hypoxemic.
Having low oxygen levels in your blood is called hypoxemia. Having low oxygen levels in your tissues is called hypoxia.