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R06.89

Billable

Other abnormalities of breathing

Other abnormalities of breathing

Status

Billable / Specific

Block

R00-R09

Parent Code

R06.8

Coding Notes

Inclusion Terms

Alternative clinical terms for this condition

  • Breath-holding (spells)
  • Sighing

Excludes 1

Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)

Excludes 2

Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both

Related Codes(3)
R06.81

Apnea, not elsewhere classified

BillableR06.82

Tachypnea, not elsewhere classified

BillableR06.83

Snoring

Billable
Also Known As / Clinical Terms(473)

SNOMED CT

UMLS

Clinical Terms

  • Noisy breathing
  • Mixed acid-base balance disorder
  • Hypoventilation
  • Does not control breathing
  • Urgent desire to deep breathe
  • Whistling respiration
  • Unable to control breathing
  • breath holding spells
  • Chronic hypoventilation
  • Depth of breathing uneven
  • Obstructive ventilatory defect
  • Bubbling respiration
  • Cannot breathe deeply enough
  • Breath Holding
  • ROHHAD (rapid-onset childhood obesity, hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, autonomic dysregulation) syndrome
  • Bradypnea
  • Breath-holding (spells)
  • Alar flare, nose
  • Slow respiration
  • Decreased respiration
  • Respiratory sighs
  • Diaphragmatic respiration
  • Difficulty controlling breathing
  • Laboured breathing
  • Tracheal breathing
  • Finding of movement of trachea
  • Breath holding spell
  • Finding related to ability to control breathing
  • Restrained breathing
  • Symmetry of chest movement - finding
  • Stertorous breathing
  • Glossopharyngeal breathing
  • Suprasternal retraction
  • Paradoxical chest movement
  • Nasal flaring
  • sigh
  • Ineffective airway clearance
  • Does not huff
  • Laboured respiration
  • Respiratory insufficiency
  • Respiratory pattern impairment
  • Chest wall retraction
  • Tracheal breath sounds
  • Groaning respiration
  • Fatal pontocerebellar hypoplasia, hypotonia, respiratory distress syndrome
  • Agonal respiration
  • Breathes with chest
  • Intercostal recession
  • Cog-wheel breathing
  • Primary alveolar hypoventilation
  • Breath-holding spell
  • Hypercapnia
  • Irregular breathing
  • Sighing
  • Right side of chest expands less than left
  • Noisy respiration
  • Observation of respiratory effort
  • Chest movement appearance finding
  • sighs
  • Shallow breathing
  • Prolonged expiration
  • Total neck breather following laryngectomy
  • Depth of respiration varies
  • Impaired spontaneous ventilation
  • Respiratory depression caused by opioid
  • Subcostal recession
  • Flared nostrils
  • Finding of route of breathing
  • Finding related to ability to huff
  • Thoracic respiration
  • Cluster breathing
  • Rib retraction during respiration
  • Finding of respiratory effort
  • Biot's respiration
  • Fish-mouthing
  • Chest expansion - finding
  • Short-cycle CSR - short-cycle Cheyne-Stokes respiration
  • Can't blow
  • Observation of rate of respiration
  • Oligopnoea
  • Suprasternal recession
  • Unable to huff
  • Hypercapnemia
  • Deep breathing
  • Expiratory grunting
  • Floppy infant
  • Bradypnoea
  • Impaired gas exchange
  • Hissing respiration
  • Partial neck breather following laryngectomy
  • Abdominal breathing
  • Chest movement unequal
  • Flaring of alae nasi
  • Labored respiration
  • Respiratory Hoover sign
  • Frog breathing
  • Sighing respiration (finding)
  • Pulmonary insufficiency
  • Sobbing respiration
  • Unable to take deep breaths
  • Abnormal respiratory rhythm
  • Spontaneous ventilation, inability to sustain
  • Chronic respiratory insufficiency
  • Finding related to ability to clear sputum
  • Rattling breathing
  • Dissociation of movement of chest wall
  • Excessively deep breathing
  • Respiratory alteration
  • Difficulty to clear sputum
  • Moaning respiration
  • Unequal ventilation
  • Diaphragmatic breathing
  • Finding related to ability to expectorate
  • Hypercapnaemia
  • Difficulty huffing
  • Indrawing of ribs during respiration
  • Paradoxic movement of lower ribs
  • Respiratory gas exchange disorder
  • Sternal retraction
  • Fatal pontocerebellar hypoplasia, hypotonia, respiratory insufficiency syndrome
  • Abdominal respiration
  • Sighing respiration
  • Chest expansion reduced
  • Thoracic breathing
  • Floppy baby
  • Interrupted breathing
  • Paradoxical respiration
  • Restrained respiration
  • Chronic hypercapnia
  • Hypercarbia
  • Breath holding with temper
  • Finding of symmetry of chest movement
  • Sternal recession
  • Respiratory insufficiency syndrome of newborn
  • Stops breathing
  • Cannot blow
  • Chest movement absent
  • Unable to clear chest
  • Supraclavicular recession
  • Lethal pontocerebellar hypoplasia, hypotonia, respiratory insufficiency syndrome
  • Hypopnea
  • Breath holding attack
  • Interrupted respiration
  • Trachea moves down on inspiration
  • Breath-holding spells
  • Floppy infant syndrome
  • Grunting baby
  • Decreased lung function
  • Audible inspiration
  • Total neck breather
  • Ventilatory defect
  • Difficulty taking deep breaths
  • Pleuritic breathing
  • Respiratory depression
  • Regional ventilation differences
  • Left side of chest expands less than right
  • Does not expectorate
  • Accessory respiratory muscles used
  • Oligopnea
  • Lack of respiratory drive
  • Neonatal neuromuscular disorder
  • Does not take deep breaths
  • Intercostal retraction
  • Neonatal hypotonia
  • Labored breathing
  • Decreased respiratory function
  • Finding related to ability to take deep breaths
  • Whooping respiration
  • Abnormal respiratory rate
  • Genetic syndromic childhood obesity
  • Pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic underventilation
  • Pulmonary hypertension due to lung disease and/or hypoxia
  • Slow breathing
  • Ineffective breathing pattern
  • Decreased chest expansion
  • Costal respiration
  • Can't breathe deeply enough
  • Hypercapnia with mixed acid base disorder
  • Death rattle
  • Airway clearance impairment
  • Biphasic movement of lower ribs
  • Breathing pattern impairment
  • Hypopnoea
  • Whistling in nose
  • Breath holding spell (finding)
  • Catching breath
  • Paradoxical breathing
  • Difficulty expectorating
  • Slow shallow breathing
  • Gas exchange impairment
  • Poor respiratory drive
  • Left side of chest moves less than right
  • Croupy breathing
  • Does not clear sputum
  • Finding of chest expansion
  • Partial neck breather
  • BHS
  • Finding of rate of respiration
  • Stertorous respiration
  • Air hunger
  • Grunt
  • Meningitic respiration
  • holding breath spells
  • Apneustic breathing
  • ROHHADNET (rapid-onset childhood obesity, hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, autonomic dysregulation, neural tumors) syndrome
  • Subcostal retraction
  • Acute hypoventilation
  • Does not clear chest
  • Rapid-onset childhood obesity, hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, autonomic dysregulation syndrome
  • Hypercapnia with mixed acid-base disorder
  • Right side of chest moves less than left
  • ROHHADNET (rapid-onset childhood obesity, hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, autonomic dysregulation, neural tumours) syndrome
  • Kussmaul respiration
  • Crowing respiration
  • Intercostal insuction
  • Finding of respiratory rate
  • Pursed-lip breathing
  • Grunting respiration
  • Temper problem
  • Apneusis
  • Rhythm of breathing uneven
  • Rib recession during respiration
  • Kussmaul-Kien respiration
  • Chest movement asymmetrical
  • Ataxic respiration
  • Decreased excursion of the thoracic cage
  • Unable to breathe
  • Unable to expectorate
  • Kussmaul's respiration
  • Difficulty clearing chest
  • Unable to clear sputum
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for other abnormalities of breathing?

The ICD-10-CM code for other abnormalities of breathing is R06.89. The full clinical description is "Other abnormalities of breathing". R06.89 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.

What does ICD-10 code R06.89 mean?

ICD-10-CM code R06.89 represents “Other abnormalities of breathing”. It is classified under Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.

Is R06.89 a billable code?

Yes, R06.89 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.

What chapter is R06.89 in?

R06.89 is in Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings (codes R00-R99).

What codes cannot be used with R06.89?

R06.89 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80); respiratory arrest (R09.2); respiratory arrest of newborn (P28.81); and 3 more.

What SNOMED CT codes does R06.89 map to?

R06.89 maps to 134 SNOMED CT concepts: 57591009, 17077006, 85617008, 271620003, 37608008, and 129 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.

What are the UMLS CUIs for R06.89?

R06.89 is linked to 3 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0476287, C2910384, C0425481. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

How does R06.89 relate to ICF functioning codes?

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like other abnormalities of breathing affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

What is the ICD-11 equivalent of R06.89?

There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for R06.89 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.

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Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.