R04.2 Hemoptysis

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Blood-stained sputum
• Cough with hemorrhage

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 204 in MDC 04.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 786.30 Hemoptysis, unspecified (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to R04.2

Back-references to R04.2

• Type 2 Excludes: R04.1 Hemorrhage from throat ("hemoptysis (R04.2)")
• Type 2 Excludes: R05 Cough ("cough with hemorrhage (R04.2)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R09.3 Abnormal sputum ("blood-stained sputum (R04.2)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R84 Abnormal findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax ("blood-stained sputum (R04.2)")

Diagnosis Index entries for R04.2

• Hemoptysis
• Sputum › blood-stained

Nearby codes

• R04 Hemorrhage from respiratory passages
• R04.0 Epistaxis
• R04.1 Hemorrhage from throat
• R04.2 Hemoptysis (this code)
• R04.8 Hemorrhage from other sites in respiratory passages
• R04.81 Acute idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage in infants
• R04.89 Hemorrhage from other sites in respiratory passages
• R04.9 Hemorrhage from respiratory passages, unspecified