R10.8A9
R10.8A9: Flank tenderness, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R10.8A9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for flank tenderness, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R10.8A9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Flank tenderness NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R10.8A9
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above R10.8A9
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with R10.8A9
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R52Pain, unspecified
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R10.8A9 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A55028Billing and Coding: Lab: Bladder/Urothelial Tumor Markers
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Tenderness, abdominal›flank
The condition this code belongs to
Code history
- addedFY2024-FY2027
Flank tenderness, unspecified