ICD-10 Code for Edema
The default ICD-10-CM 2027 code for edema, edematous (infectious) (pitting) (toxic) is R60.9 – Edema, unspecified. More specific codes depend on the details documented, as listed in the official index (56 codes, 45 billable).
- Main code
R60.9– Edema, unspecified- Billable
- Yes
Index entries for Edema
- with nephritis – see Nephrosis
- allergic –
T78.3(header) - amputation stump (surgical) (sequelae (late effect)) –
T87.89 - angioneurotic (allergic) (any site) (with urticaria) –
T78.3(header)- hereditary –
D84.1
- hereditary –
- angiospastic –
I73.9 - Berlin's (traumatic) –
S05.8X-(header) - brain (cytotoxic) (vasogenic) –
G93.6- due to birth injury –
P11.0 - newborn (anoxia or hypoxia) –
P52.4- birth injury –
P11.0
- birth injury –
- traumatic – see Injury, intracranial, cerebral edema
- due to birth injury –
- cardiac – see Failure, heart, congestive
- cardiovascular – see Failure, heart, congestive
- cerebral – see Edema, brain
- cerebrospinal – see Edema, brain
- cervix (uteri) (acute) –
N88.8- puerperal, postpartum –
O90.89
- puerperal, postpartum –
- chronic hereditary –
Q82.0 - circumscribed, acute –
T78.3(header)- hereditary –
D84.1
- hereditary –
- conjunctiva –
H11.42-(header) - cornea –
H18.2-(header) - due to
- epiglottis – see Edema, glottis
- essential, acute –
T78.3(header)- hereditary –
D84.1
- hereditary –
- extremities, lower – see Edema, legs
- eyelid NEC –
H02.849 - familial, hereditary –
Q82.0 - famine – see Malnutrition, severe
- generalized –
R60.1 - glottis, glottic, glottidis (obstructive) (passive) –
J38.4 - heart – see Failure, heart, congestive
- heat –
T67.7(header) - hereditary –
Q82.0 - inanition – see Malnutrition, severe
- intracranial –
G93.6 - iris –
H21.89 - joint – see Effusion, joint
- larynx – see Edema, glottis
- legs –
R60.0 - localized –
R60.0- due to venous obstruction –
I87.1
- due to venous obstruction –
- lower limbs – see Edema, legs
- lung –
J81.1 - lymphatic –
I89.0- due to mastectomy –
I97.2
- due to mastectomy –
- macula –
H35.81- cystoid, following cataract surgery – see Complications, postprocedural, following cataract surgery
- diabetic – see Diabetes, by type, with, retinopathy, with macular edema
- malignant – see Gangrene, gas
- Milroy's –
Q82.0 - nasopharynx –
J39.2 - newborn –
P83.30- hydrops fetalis – see Hydrops, fetalis
- specified NEC –
P83.39
- nutritional – see also Malnutrition, severe
- with dyspigmentation, skin and hair –
E40
- with dyspigmentation, skin and hair –
- optic disc or nerve – see Papilledema
- orbit –
H05.22-(header) - pancreas –
K86.89 - papilla, optic – see Papilledema
- penis –
N48.89 - periodic –
T78.3(header)- hereditary –
D84.1
- hereditary –
- pharynx –
J39.2 - pulmonary – see Edema, lung
- Quincke's –
T78.3(header)- hereditary –
D84.1
- hereditary –
- renal – see Nephrosis
- retina –
H35.81- diabetic – see Diabetes, by type, with, retinopathy, with macular edema
- salt –
E87.0 - scrotum –
N50.89 - seminal vesicle –
N50.89 - spermatic cord –
N50.89 - spinal (cord) (vascular) (nontraumatic) –
G95.19 - starvation – see Malnutrition, severe
- stasis – see Hypertension, venous, (chronic)
- subglottic – see Edema, glottis
- supraglottic – see Edema, glottis
- testis –
N44.8 - tunica vaginalis –
N50.89 - vas deferens –
N50.89 - vulva (acute) –
N90.89
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.