R19.7
R19.7: Diarrhea, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R19.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for diarrhea, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R19.7 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Diarrhea NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with R19.7
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R19.7 is named in 21 Medicare coverage policies: 21 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A55937Billing and Coding: Diagnostic Colonoscopy
- A56394Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy-Diagnostic
- A56432Billing and Coding: Infliximab
- A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Diarrhea, diarrheal(disease) (infantile) (inflammatory)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.