R60.9 Edema, unspecified

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Fluid retention NOS

Applies from R60 Edema, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1 (never code together)

• 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.-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 947-948 in MDC 23.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 782.3 Edema (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to R60.9

Back-references to R60.9

• Type 1 Excludes: E87.7 Fluid overload ("edema NOS (R60.9)")
• Type 1 Excludes: E87.7 Fluid overload ("fluid retention (R60.9)")

Back-references to R60

• Type 1 Excludes: R22 Localized swelling, mass and lump of skin and subcutaneous tissue ("edema (R60.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for R60.9

• Edema, edematous (infectious) (pitting) (toxic)
• Fluid › retention
• Hydrops
• Pitting
• Retention › fluid
• Swelling (of)

Nearby codes

• R60 Edema, not elsewhere classified
• R60.0 Localized edema
• R60.1 Generalized edema
• R60.9 Edema, unspecified (this code)