Is R19.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. R19.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does R19.3 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 R19.3?

R19.3 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 R19.3 (R19) and apply to it just the same.

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

These are not written on R19.3, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing R19.3 with anything listed here is a denial.

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

acute abdomen (R10.0)

Other codes that can never be billed with R19.3

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at R19.3. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading R19.3 alone.

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

Risk adjustment

R19.3 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.

Code history

R19.3 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead R19.3

8 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share R19. If R19.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about R19.3

Is R19.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. R19.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does R19.3 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 R19.3?: R19.3 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 R19.3 (R19) and apply to it just the same.