R10.0
R10.0: Acute abdomen
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R10.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute abdomen. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R10.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Severe abdominal pain (generalized) (with abdominal rigidity)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R10.0
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above R10.0
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with R10.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R10.0 is named in 15 Medicare coverage policies: 15 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A56632Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
- A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Abdomen, abdominal›acute
- Acute›abdomen
- Crisis›abdomen
- Syndrome›acute abdominal
- Pain›abdominal›severe with abdominal rigidity
- Rigid, rigidity›abdominal›with severe abdominal pain
- Syndrome›abdominal›acute
- Pain›abdominal›generalized›with acute abdomen
The condition this code belongs to
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.