Is R14.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. R14.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does R14.3 sit in the tabular list?

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99), in the block Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19).

What cannot be coded together with R14.3?

R14.3 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above R14.3 (R14) and apply to it just the same.

R14.3

R14.3 — Flatulence

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R14.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for flatulence. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R14.3

These are not written on R14.3, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing R14.3 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on R14 — Flatulence and related conditions

psychogenic aerophagy (F45.8)

Other codes that can never be billed with R14.3

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at R14.3. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading R14.3 alone.

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

Risk adjustment

R14.3 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

R14.3 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
A57473Billing and Coding: Allergy Testing

How R14.3 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to R14.3.

Flatulence
Flatus
Gas

Code history

R14.3 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share R14. If R14.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about R14.3

Is R14.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. R14.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does R14.3 sit in the tabular list?: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99), in the block Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19).
What cannot be coded together with R14.3?: R14.3 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above R14.3 (R14) and apply to it just the same.