ICD-10 Code for Congestion
The ICD-10-CM 2027 alphabetic index lists congestion, congestive with the subterms below. More specific codes depend on the details documented, as listed in the official index (28 codes, 28 billable).
Index entries for Congestion
- bladder –
N32.89 - bowel –
K63.89 - brain –
G93.89 - breast –
N64.59 - bronchial –
J98.09 - catarrhal –
J31.0 - chest –
R09.89 - chill, malarial – see Malaria
- circulatory NEC –
I99.8 - duodenum –
K31.89 - eye – see Hyperemia, conjunctiva
- facial, due to birth injury –
P15.4 - general –
R68.89 - glottis –
J37.0 - heart – see Failure, heart, congestive
- hepatic –
K76.1 - hypostatic (lung) – see Edema, lung
- intestine –
K63.89 - kidney –
N28.89 - labyrinth
- larynx –
J37.0 - liver –
K76.1 - lung –
R09.89- active or acute – see Pneumonia
- malaria, malarial – see Malaria
- nasal –
R09.81 - nose –
R09.81 - orbit, orbital – see also Exophthalmos
- inflammatory (chronic) – see Inflammation, orbit
- ovary –
N83.8 - pancreas –
K86.89 - pelvic, female –
N94.89 - pleural –
J94.8 - prostate (active) –
N42.1 - pulmonary – see Congestion, lung
- renal –
N28.89 - retina –
H35.81 - seminal vesicle –
N50.1 - spinal cord –
G95.19 - spleen (chronic) –
D73.2 - stomach –
K31.89 - trachea – see Tracheitis
- urethra –
N36.8 - uterus –
N85.8- with subinvolution –
N85.3
- with subinvolution –
- venous (passive) –
I87.8 - viscera –
R68.89
How to choose the right code
Start with the main term, then pick the indented subterm that matches the documentation (type, cause, site, laterality, episode of care). Always confirm the code in the tabular list: follow its Excludes1/Excludes2, “code first” and “use additional code” notes, and add a 7th character where required.
Source: CDC/NCHS ICD-10-CM FY2027 alphabetic index.