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R19.3

R19.3: Abdominal rigidity

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R19.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for abdominal rigidity. 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.

  • abdominal rigidity with severe abdominal pain (R10.0)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R19.3

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

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

Other codes that can never be billed with R19.3

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

  • R10.0Acute abdomen
  • R10.85Abdominal pain of multiple sites

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 R19.3

8 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under R19

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.