Generalized abdominal pain. R10.84 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Oct 01, 2021 · Unspecified abdominal pain. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Billable/Specific Code. R10.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM R10.9 became effective on October 1, 2021.
Oct 01, 2021 · Other abdominal pain. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code. R10.8 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM R10.8 became effective on October 1, 2021.
Dec 01, 2020 · The abdominal pain codes belong to the category R10 (Abdominal and Pelvic pain) The ICD 10 code for abdominal pain is arranged in the ICD-10 manual based on the severity of the pain. The list starts with the code R10.0 which represents the most severe or painful condition acute abdomen.
Oct 01, 2021 · Upper abdominal pain, unspecified. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Billable/Specific Code. R10.10 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM R10.10 became effective on October 1, 2021.
Pain location | Possible diagnoses |
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Left lower quadrant | Colonic: colitis, diverticulitis, IBD, IBS |
Gynecologic: ectopic pregnancy, fibroids, ovarian mass, torsion, PID | |
Renal: nephrolithiasis, pyelonephritis | |
Any location | Abdominal wall: herpes zoster, muscle strain, hernia |
Do you have a patient complaining of stomach pain with no clear cause? Not sure what to write in their chart? Not to worry! You can use the ICD-10 codes for abdominal pain to indicate specifically what kind of discomfort they're suffering even if you aren't sure of the cause.
Here are all the ICD-10 codes for different forms of abdominal pain. Two quick qualifiers:
In case you're wondering what the abdominal pain codes were under the old ICD system, here's a table that translates between ICD-9 and ICD-10. There weren't as many ICD-9 codes to describe abdominal pain, so some of them may correspond to more than one code under the more specific ICD-10 system.
Since the codes for abdominal pain describe symptoms and not specific diagnoses, they are mostly used when a conclusive diagnosis has not yet been determined.
ICD (International Classification of Diseases) codes are a way for doctors to record diagnoses in a succinct universal language. ICD-10 codes refer to the codes from the 10th Revision of this classification system. These codes consist of three to seven characters (both letters and numbers).
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Abdominal and pelvic pain R10- 1 dorsalgia (#N#ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M54#N#M54 Dorsalgia#N#M54.0 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and ba...#N#M54.00 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and ba...#N#M54.01 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and ba...#N#M54.02 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and ba...#N#M54.03 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and ba...#N#M54.04 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and ba...#N#M54.05 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and ba...#N#M54.06 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and ba...#N#M54.07 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and ba...#N#M54.08 Panniculitis affecting regions of neck and ba...#N#M54.09 Panniculitis affecting regions, neck and back...#N#M54.1 Radiculopathy#N#M54.10 …… site unspecified#N#M54.11 …… occipito-atlanto-axial region#N#M54.12 …… cervical region#N#M54.13 …… cervicothoracic region#N#M54.14 …… thoracic region#N#M54.15 …… thoracolumbar region#N#M54.16 …… lumbar region#N#M54.17 …… lumbosacral region#N#M54.18 Radiculopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal regi...#N#M54.2 Cervicalgia#N#M54.3 Sciatica#N#M54.30 …… unspecified side#N#M54.31 …… right side#N#M54.32 …… left side#N#M54.4 Lumbago with sciatica#N#M54.40 …… unspecified side#N#M54.41 …… right side#N#M54.42 …… left side#N#M54.5 Low back pain#N#M54.6 Pain in thoracic spine#N#M54.8 Other dorsalgia#N#M54.81 Occipital neuralgia#N#M54.89 Other dorsalgia#N#M54.9 Dorsalgia, unspecified#N#M54.-) 2 flatulence and related conditions (#N#ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R14#N#R14 Flatulence and related conditions#N#R14.0 Abdominal distension (gaseous)#N#R14.1 Gas pain#N#R14.2 Eructation#N#R14.3 Flatulence#N#R14.-)
A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition. A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both ...
A 52-year-old female presents to the clinic with severe epigastric abdominal pain associated with nausea and vomiting. She rates the pain as 7-8/10 on the pain scale. She describes the pain as constant. The patient reports eating fried Turkey at her friend’s birthday party, 3 days ago.
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