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ICD-10 diagnosis code

R09.0 Asphyxia

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R09.0 is the ICD-10 code for Asphyxia. It is a four-character subcategory of R09 (Other symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems), the most specific level in the WHO edition. 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
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
XVIII · R00–R99
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What R09.0 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

  • asphyxia (due to):

R09.0 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

R09.0Asfyxi

NorwayICD-10-NO

R09.0Asfyksi

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DR090Asfyksi

FinlandICD-10-FI

R09.0Asfyksia

GermanyICD-10-GM

R09.0Asphyxie

FranceICD-10-FR

R09.0Asphyxie

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

R09.0asfyxie

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • R09.01Asphyxia
  • R09.02Hypoxemia

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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