Skip to content
Dx

ICD-10-CM 2027 diagnosis code

R09.8Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems

Not billable — use a more specific code

R09.8 is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself. Choose one of the 3 more specific codes beneath it.Short description: Oth symptoms and signs involving the circ and resp systems

Code unchanged since ICD-10-CM took effect on October 1, 2015. Source: official FY2027 ICD-10-CM release from CDC/NCHS and CMS. Page updated September 29, 2026. About our data

About R09.8

R09.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems. It belongs to category R09 (other symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory system), block R00-R09 (symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems) and chapter 18 (symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within R09, choose R09.8 (Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: asphyxia and hypoxemia (R09.0), pleurisy (R09.1), respiratory arrest (R09.2), abnormal sputum (R09.3) and foreign body sensation of the circulatory and respiratory system (R09.A).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: R09.81 (congestion), R09.82 (drip) and R09.89 (systems).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.

Specific codes under R09.8

Notes that apply from higher levels

Instructions written at a parent level also apply to R09.8.

› From R09 Other symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory system
Excludes1
  • acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)
  • respiratory arrest of newborn (P28.81)
  • respiratory distress syndrome of newborn (P22.0)
  • respiratory failure (J96.-)
  • respiratory failure of newborn (P28.5)

Broader instructions also apply from Chapter 18: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified.

Code history

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
  12. 2027
  • FY2016 (effective 10/1/2015): Added (first year of ICD-10-CM)
  • No changes since FY2016.

Common questions about R09.8

Is R09.8 billable?

No. R09.8 is a header code. Report one of its more specific subcodes instead.