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R18

Ascites

Non-billableCategory

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

Includes

  • fluid in peritoneal cavity

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with R18

  • K70.31 - ascites in alcoholic cirrhosis (K70.31)
  • K70.11 - ascites in alcoholic hepatitis (K70.11)
  • K71.51 - ascites in toxic liver disease with chronic active hepatitis (K71.51)

Specific Codes (2)

R18.0Billable

Malignant ascites

R18.8Billable

Other ascites

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