Is R19.34 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. R19.34 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does R19.34 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).

R19.34

R19.34 — Left lower quadrant abdominal rigidity

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMleft

R19.34 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for left lower quadrant abdominal rigidity. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

R19.34 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

R19.34 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.

A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
A57591Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Abdominal / Visceral Vascular Studies

How R19.34 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 R19.34.

Rigid, rigidity›abdominal›left lower quadrant

Related codes at this level

Codes that share R19.3. If R19.34 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about R19.34

Is R19.34 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. R19.34 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does R19.34 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).