Contusion of abdominal wall, initial encounter
The ICD-10-CM is a catalog of diagnosis codes used by medical professionals for medical coding and reporting in health care settings. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain the catalog in the U.S. releasing yearly updates.
ICD-9 DIAGNOSIS ICD-10 DIAGNOSIS 724.1 Pain in thoracic spine M54.6 Pain in thoracic spine 724.2 Lumbago M54.5 Low back pain 725.4 Backache, unspecified M54.89 Other dorsalgia ...
The standard physical exam is done in the following order:
ICD-10-CM Code for Lower abdominal pain, unspecified R10. 30.
84.
R10. 84 Generalized abdominal pain - ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes.
If “flank pain” is all you have to work with from the documentation, then R10. 9 is the code to use.
Generalized pain -- This means that you feel it in more than half of your belly. This type of pain is more typical for a stomach virus, indigestion, or gas. If the pain becomes more severe, it may be caused by a blockage of the intestines.
R10. 32 Left lower quadrant pain - ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes.
9: Fever, unspecified.
Pain in the lower left side of the abdomen is called left lower quadrant pain. It is often related to the digestive tract, but can also be related to conditions of the body wall, skin, blood vessels, urinary tract, or reproductive organs.
In the ICD-10-CM Index, the entry for “Pain, flank” shows a note to “see Pain, abdominal.” You must code flank pain as unspecified abdominal pain (R10. 9) unless the physician provides additional information about the location of the pain, such as whether it is in the upper or lower portion of the abdomen.
Epigastric pain is pain that is localized to the region of the upper abdomen immediately below the ribs. Often, those who experience this type of pain feel it during or right after eating or if they lie down too soon after eating. It is a common symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or heartburn.
There are over 30 different codes falling under the R10 category of the ICD-10-CM manual, corresponding to the different types of abdominal pains including:
The above codes describe the symptoms for abdominal pain and not the specific diagnoses, due to which they are normally assigned to cases when conclusive diagnoses have not been made yet.
The abdomen is the area bounded by the diaphragm and lower ribs, falling above the pelvic bone. While abdominal pain can be caused by the inflammation of the tissues found in the abdominal wall, the pain typically originates due to discomfort caused by the organs in the abdominal cavity.
There are various conditions that can lead to abdominal pain including obstruction, inflammation, intestinal disorders, and various infections. Infections are caused when bacteria enter your digestive tract via the intestines, blood, or the throat resulting in mild to severe pains, diarrhea, and constipation.
Depending on the location of the pain and the severity, abdominal pain is categorized into different forms. Generalized abdominal pain is felt in most of your abdomen, caused by gas, indigestion, or stomach viruses.
ICD-10 (short for International Classification of Diseases, tenth edition) is a clinical documentation and cataloging system owned by the World Health organization which consists of thousands of codes, where each code represents critical information about the different diseases, findings, causes of injuries, symptoms, possible treatments, and epidemiology, playing a vital role in enabling advancements in clinical treatment and medication..
When documenting a diagnosis of abdominal pain, it is important to not only identify the pain location but also the pain type. The following should always be included: Location e.g. generalized, right upper quadrant, periumbilical, etc.; pain or tenderness type e.g. colic, tenderness, rebound.