R19.8

R19.8: Other specified symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R19.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R19.8

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

R19.8 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies: 10 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
A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Tenesmus(rectal)
Impaired, impairment›rectal sphincter
Rupture, ruptured›viscus
Symptoms NEC›involving›abdomen NEC
Symptoms NEC›involving›digestive system NEC
Symptoms NEC›involving›pelvis NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.