R19.15

R19.15: Other abnormal bowel sounds

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R19.15 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other abnormal bowel sounds. 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.

Abnormal bowel sounds NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R19.15

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

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

acute abdomen (R10.0)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

R19.15 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›bowel sounds
Murmur›abdominal

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.