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Compare/R06.0 vs R06.82

R06.0 vs R06.82

R06.0 (Dyspnea) compared with R06.82 (Tachypnea, not elsewhere classified), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.

Can these codes be reported together?

No — do not report together. R06.0 carries an Excludes1 note covering R06.82: “tachypnea NOS (R06.82)”

Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Side by side

R06.0DyspneaR06.82Tachypnea, not elsewhere classified
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: R06.00, R06.01, R06.02, R06.03, R06.09

Billable
ClassificationR00-R99 — Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified (R00-R99)R00-R99 — Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified (R00-R99)
DefinitionDyspnea is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (R06.0).Tachypnea, not elsewhere classified is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (R06.82).
Includes
Tachypnea NOS

Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources