R05 is the ICD-10 code for Cough. It is a three-character category that is not subdivided further. It belongs to the block R00–R09 (Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems) in Chapter XVIII, Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified.
- Code type
- Category (3 characters)
- Chapter
- XVIII · R00–R99
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What R05 excludes
Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.
R05 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
R05Hoste
- R05.3Kronisk hoste
DR05Hoste
- DR057Uforklaret eller refraktær kronisk hoste
- DR059Hoste UNS
R05Yskä
- R05.3Pitkittynyt yskä
R05Husten
R05Toux
R05hoesten
Listed through more specific codes:
- R05.1Acute cough
- R05.2Subacute cough
- R05.3Chronic cough
- R05.4Cough syncope
- R05.8Other specified cough
- R05.9Cough, unspecified
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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