Is R39.859 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. R39.859 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does R39.859 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 genitourinary system (R30-R39).

R39.859

R39.859 — Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, unspecified side

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMunspecified

R39.859 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for costovertebral (angle) tenderness, unspecified side. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

R39.859 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.

How R39.859 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 R39.859.

Tenderness, abdominal›costovertebral(angle)

Related codes at this level

Codes that share R39.85. If R39.859 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about R39.859

Is R39.859 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. R39.859 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does R39.859 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 genitourinary system (R30-R39).