R19

R19: Other symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R19 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

acute abdomen (R10.0)

Other codes that can never be billed with R19

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

K52.9Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified
K59Other functional intestinal disorders
K59.1Functional diarrhea
K92.1Melena
A09Infectious gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified
R10.0Acute abdomen
R10.85Abdominal pain of multiple sites
R22.2Localized swelling, mass and lump, trunk

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead R19

9 child codes. Green means billable.