Billable Medical Code for Other Respiratory Abnormalities
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 786.09
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 786.09.
The Short Description Is: Respiratory abnorm NEC.
Known As
Difficulty breathing is also known as abnormal airflow, abnormal breath sounds, abnormal distribution of ventilation, abnormal respiratory rhythm, acidotic hyperventilation, acquired central alveolar hypoventilation, 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 apnea due to periodic breathing, 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 expectorating, difficulty huffing, does not control breathing, does not take deep breaths, dyspnea, dyspnea (shortness of breath) on exertion, dyspnea after eating, dyspnea associated with AIDS, 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, FVC – forced vital capacity abnormal, grunting respiration, gurgling, hissing respiration, hypercapnia, hypercarbia chronic, 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, 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, periodic breathing, platypnea, poor respiratory drive, primary alveolar hypoventilation, pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic underventilation, pulmonary insufficiency, 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, respiration intermittent, respiratory distress, respiratory insufficiency, respiratory insufficiency chronic, respiratory murmur, respiratory paralysis, respiratory squeak, respiratory tract paralysis, shallow breathing, shortness of breath, 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, and yawning absent. This excludes respiratory distress:following trauma and surgery (518.52), newborn (770.89), syndrome (newborn) (769), adult (518.52), respiratory failure (518.81, 518.83-518.84), and newborn (770.84). This applies to respiratory: distress and insufficiency.
Difficulty Breathing Definition and Symptoms
Difficulty breathing is the sensation of not being able to get enough air. There are multiple causes that can attribute to difficulty in breathing, some of the most common are: asthma, pneumonia, airway obstruction, obesity, allergies, and heart attack. Symptoms include shortness of breath, not being able to take a deep breath, light headedness, headache, and the feeling of not being able to fully fill your lungs with air.