DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Block · Chapter 18

R10-R19 Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)

Block R10-R19 groups 10 categories with 99 billable codes in FY2027.

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 18 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
  2. R10-R19 Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)

Neighbouring blocks

Categories
10
Billable codes
99
CC codes
3
MCC codes
0
HCC V28 codes
2
New FY2027
0

Categories in R10-R19

  • R10

    Abdominal and pelvic pain

    Dyspepsia → R10.13

    • 42 billable codes
  • R11

    Nausea and vomiting

    Vomiting → R11.10

    • 9 billable codes
    • 1 with HCC
  • R12

    Heartburn

    Pyrosis → R12

    • Billable, no subdivisions
  • R13

    Aphagia and dysphagia

    Aphagia → R13.0

    • 7 billable codes
  • R14

    Flatulence and related conditions

    Gas → R14.3

    • 4 billable codes
  • R15

    Fecal incontinence

    Encopresis → R15.9

    • 4 billable codes
  • R16

    Hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, not elsewhere classified

    Hepatosplenomegaly → R16.2

    • 3 billable codes
  • R17

    Unspecified jaundice

    Jaundice (yellow) → R17

    • Billable, no subdivisions
    • 1 CC
  • R18

    Ascites

    Hydroperitoneum → R18.8

    • 2 billable codes
    • 2 CC
    • 1 with HCC
  • R19

    Other symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen

    Halitosis → R19.6

    • 26 billable codes

Index main terms

  • Pain(s) → R10, R14 (38 entries)
  • Tenderness, abdominal → R10 (20 entries)
  • Mass → R16, R19 (12 entries)
  • Neuralgia, neuralgic (acute) → R10 (10 entries)
  • Rigid, rigidity → R10, R19 (9 entries)
  • Vomiting → R11 (9 entries)
  • Dysphagia → R13 (8 entries)
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities → R19 (6 entries)
  • Symptoms NEC → R10, R19 (5 entries)
  • Fecal → R15 (4 entries)
  • Gas → R14 (4 entries)
  • Syndrome → R10, R11 (4 entries)
  • Ascites (abdominal) → R18 (3 entries)
  • Hyperemesis → R11 (3 entries)
  • Incontinence → R15 (3 entries)

+69 more main terms; the search box finds them by word.

Block instructions

Excludes2

  • congenital or infantile pylorospasm (Q40.0) Q40.0
  • gastrointestinal hemorrhage (K92.0-K92.2) K92.0 K92.2
  • intestinal obstruction (K56.-) K56
  • newborn gastrointestinal hemorrhage (P54.0-P54.3) P54.0 P54.3
  • newborn intestinal obstruction (P76.-) P76
  • pylorospasm (K31.3) K31.3
  • signs and symptoms involving the urinary system (R30-R39) R30 R39
  • symptoms referable to female genital organs (N94.-) N94
  • symptoms referable to male genital organs (N48-N50) N48 N50

Notes that also apply

Chapter 18 instructions (Notes 9, Excludes2 4): printed on the chapter 18 page.