R05 Cough
ICD-10-CM category R05 sits in Chapter 18 (Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified, R00-R99). It contains 6 billable codes for FY2027, effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027. Always code to the most specific code available: a code with more characters that describes the diagnosis more precisely takes priority over a shorter one.
Billable codes in R05
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
R05.1 | Acute cough |
R05.2 | Subacute cough |
R05.3 | Chronic cough |
R05.4 | Cough syncope |
R05.8 | Other specified cough |
R05.9 | Cough, unspecified |
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