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R09.3 – Abnormal sputum

Overview

Coding Notes

Active
Billable, valid for HIPAA-covered transactions

Type 1 Excludes

blood-stained sputum (R04.2)

Applicable To

Abnormal amount of sputum
Abnormal color of sputum
Abnormal odor of sputum
Excessive sputum

GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM

Fs: 00000 – Abnormal sputum

MDC / MS-DRG Reference

RESPIRATORY SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities See also Anomaly
sputum (amount) (color) (odor) R09.3
Excess, excessive, excessively
secretion See also Hypersecretion
sputum R09.3
sputum R09.3
Sputum
abnormal (amount) (color) (odor) (purulent) R09.3
excessive (cause unknown) R09.3

Sibling Codes

Asphyxia and hypoxemia
Pleurisy
Respiratory arrest
Other specified symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems

Parent Sibling Codes

Abnormalities of heart beat
Cardiac murmurs and other cardiac sounds
Abnormal blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis
Hemorrhage from respiratory passages
Cough
Abnormalities of breathing
Pain in throat and chest
Other symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory system

View in Tabular

Code Title
R00-R99 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
R00-R09 Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09)
R09 Other symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory system
R09.3 Abnormal sputum
Type 1 Excludes
blood-stained sputum (R04.2)

Applicable to
Abnormal amount of sputum
Abnormal color of sputum
Abnormal odor of sputum
Excessive sputum