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R11.2

R11.2: Nausea with vomiting, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R11.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for nausea with vomiting, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Persistent nausea with vomiting NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R11.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R11: Nausea and vomiting

  • cyclical vomiting associated with migraine (G43.A-)
  • excessive vomiting in pregnancy (O21.-)
  • hematemesis (K92.0)
  • neonatal hematemesis (P54.0)
  • newborn vomiting (P92.0-)
  • psychogenic vomiting (F50.89)
  • vomiting associated with bulimia nervosa (F50.2-)
  • vomiting following gastrointestinal surgery (K91.0)

Other codes that can never be billed with R11.2

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

R11.2 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies: 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
  • A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
  • A56767Billing and Coding: Heavy Metal Testing
  • A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Hyperemesis›with nausea
  • Nausea›with vomiting
  • Rumination›with nausea
  • Vomiting›with nausea

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under R11

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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