ICD-10-CM Codes
R00-R99 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
R10-R19 Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen
R19- Other symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen
2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R19

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R19

Other symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen

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Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

R19 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
Short description: Oth symptoms and signs involving the dgstv sys and abdomen
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM R19 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of R19 - other international versions of ICD-10 R19 may differ.

Type 1 Excludes

Type 1 Excludes Help

A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as R19. 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.

acute abdomen (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R10.0
Acute abdomen
Applicable To
- Severe abdominal pain (generalized) (with abdominal rigidity)
Type 1 Excludes
- abdominal rigidity NOS (R19.3)
- generalized abdominal pain NOS (R10.84)
- localized abdominal pain (R10.1-R10.3-)
R10.0
)

The following code(s) above R19 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to R19:

R00-R99
2020 ICD-10-CM Range R00-R99
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
Note
- This chapter includes symptoms, signs, abnormal results of clinical or other investigative procedures, and ill-defined conditions regarding which no diagnosis classifiable elsewhere is recorded.
- Signs and symptoms that point rather definitely to a given diagnosis have been assigned to a category in other chapters of the classification. In general, categories in this chapter include the less well-defined conditions and symptoms that, without the necessary study of the case to establish a final diagnosis, point perhaps equally to two or more diseases or to two or more systems of the body. Practically all categories in the chapter could be designated 'not otherwise specified', 'unknown etiology' or 'transient'. The Alphabetical Index should be consulted to determine which symptoms and signs are to be allocated here and which to other chapters. The residual subcategories, numbered .8, are generally provided for other relevant symptoms that cannot be allocated elsewhere in the classification.
- The conditions and signs or symptoms included in categories R00-R94 consist of:
- (a) cases for which no more specific diagnosis can be made even after all the facts bearing on the case have been investigated;
- (b) signs or symptoms existing at the time of initial encounter that proved to be transient and whose causes could not be determined;
- (c) provisional diagnosis in a patient who failed to return for further investigation or care;
- (d) cases referred elsewhere for investigation or treatment before the diagnosis was made;
- (e) cases in which a more precise diagnosis was not available for any other reason;
- (f) certain symptoms, for which supplementary information is provided, that represent important problems in medical care in their own right.
Type 2 Excludes
- abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- signs and symptoms classified in the body system chapters
- signs and symptoms of breast (N63, N64.5)
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
R10-R19
2020 ICD-10-CM Range R10-R19
Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen
Type 2 Excludes
- congenital or infantile pylorospasm (Q40.0)
- gastrointestinal hemorrhage (K92.0-K92.2)
- intestinal obstruction (K56.-)
- newborn gastrointestinal hemorrhage (P54.0-P54.3)
- newborn intestinal obstruction (P76.-)
- pylorospasm (K31.3)
- signs and symptoms involving the urinary system (R30-R39)
- symptoms referable to female genital organs (N94.-)
- symptoms referable to male genital organs (N48-N50)
Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To R19

R15.2 Fecal urgency

R15.9 Full incontinence of feces

R16 Hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, not elsewhere classified

R16.0 Hepatomegaly, not elsewhere classified

R16.1 Splenomegaly, not elsewhere classified

R16.2 Hepatomegaly with splenomegaly, not elsewhere classified

R17 Unspecified jaundice

R18 Ascites

R18.0 Malignant ascites

R18.8 Other ascites

R19 Other symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen

R19.0 Intra-abdominal and pelvic swelling, mass and lump

R19.00 …… unspecified site

R19.01 Right upper quadrant abdominal swelling, mass and lump

R19.02 Left upper quadrant abdominal swelling, mass and lump

R19.03 Right lower quadrant abdominal swelling, mass and lump

R19.04 Left lower quadrant abdominal swelling, mass and lump

R19.05 Periumbilic swelling, mass or lump

R19.06 Epigastric swelling, mass or lump

R19.07 Generalized intra-abdominal and pelvic swelling, mass and lump

R19.09 Other intra-abdominal and pelvic swelling, mass and lump

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R19

Other symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen

Acute abdomen

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen