R60
Header — not billableEdema, not elsewhere classified
The ICD-10 code for edema, not elsewhere classified is R60.
R60 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- angioneurotic edema (T78.3)
- ascites (R18.-)
- cerebral edema (G93.6)
- cerebral edema due to birth injury (P11.0)
- edema of larynx (J38.4)
- edema of nasopharynx (J39.2)
- edema of pharynx (J39.2)
- gestational edema (O12.0-)
- hereditary edema (Q82.0)
- hydrops fetalis NOS (P83.2)
- hydrothorax (J94.8)
- newborn edema (P83.3)
- pulmonary edema (J81.-)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under R60
Related codes in this category
- R50Fever of other and unknown originnon-billable header
- R51Headachenon-billable header
- R52Pain, unspecified
- R53Malaise and fatiguenon-billable header
- R54Age-related physical debility
- R55Syncope and collapse
- R56Convulsions, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- R57Shock, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- R58Hemorrhage, not elsewhere classified
- R59Enlarged lymph nodesnon-billable header
- R61Generalized hyperhidrosis
- R62Lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood and adultsnon-billable header
- R63Symptoms and signs concerning food and fluid intakenon-billable header
- R64Cachexia
- R65Symptoms and signs specifically associated with systemic inflammation and infectionnon-billable header
- R68Other general symptoms and signsnon-billable header
- R69Illness, unspecified
- R60Edema, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header