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R10.0

Acute abdomen

Billable

Code Hierarchy

R10R10.0

Chapter: 18. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

Section: R10-R19 - Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen

Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Severe abdominal pain (generalized) (with abdominal rigidity)

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with R10.0

  • R19.3 - abdominal rigidity NOS (R19.3)
  • R10.84 - generalized abdominal pain NOS (R10.84)
  • localized abdominal pain (R10.1-R10.3-)

Related Codes

R10.1Category

Pain localized to upper abdomen

R10.2Category

Pelvic and perineal pain

R10.3Category

Pain localized to other parts of lower abdomen

R10.8Category

Other abdominal pain

R10.9Billable

Unspecified abdominal pain

R10.ACategory

Pain localized to flank

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