R09.3✓ Billable

Abnormal sputum

Inclusion Terms

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

Also Indexed As(ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index)

These clinical terms, synonyms, and manifestations all map to R09.3 in the official ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index.

Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, sputum (amount) (color) (odor)Excess, excessive, excessively, secretion, sputumExcess, excessive, excessively, sputumSputum, abnormal (amount) (color) (odor) (purulent)Sputum, excessive (cause unknown)

✗ Excludes 1(Not coded here)

  • •blood-stained sputum (R04.2)

Code Hierarchy

┌18Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)├R00-R09Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09)├R09Other symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory system
└R09.3Abnormal sputum

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