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Category · FY2027

R68 Other general symptoms and signs

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R68 is not billable. The category heads 12 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 5 subdivisions.

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Where it sits

  1. Chapter 18 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
  2. R50-R69 General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)
  3. R68 Other general symptoms and signs
Billable codes
12
Subdivisions
5
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
53

Codes in R68

  1. R68.0
    Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature
    Billable
    Excludes1 4

    Excludes1

    • hypothermia NOS (accidental) (T68) T68
    • hypothermia due to anesthesia (T88.51) T88.51
    • hypothermia due to low environmental temperature (T68) T68
    • newborn hypothermia (P80.-) P80
  2. R68.1
    Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy
    Header
    Excludes1 3

    Excludes1

    • colic, infantile (R10.83) R10.83
    • neonatal cerebral irritability (P91.3) P91.3
    • teething syndrome (K00.7) K00.7
  3. R68.11
    Excessive crying of infant (baby)
    Billable
    Excludes1 1

    Excludes1

    • excessive crying of child, adolescent, or adult (R45.83) R45.83
  4. R68.12
    Fussy infant (baby)
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Irritable infant
  5. R68.13
    Apparent life threatening event in infant (ALTE)
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 2, Code first 1, Use additional code 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Apparent life threatening event in newborn
    • Brief resolved unexplained event (BRUE)

    Code first

    • confirmed diagnosis, if known

    Use additional code

    • code(s) for associated signs and symptoms if no confirmed diagnosis established, or if signs and symptoms are not associated routinely with confirmed diagnosis, or provide additional information for cause of ALTE
  6. R68.19
    Other nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy
    Billable
  7. R68.2
    Dry mouth, unspecified
    Billable
    Excludes1 2, Excludes2 1

    Excludes1

    • dry mouth due to dehydration (E86.0) E86.0
    • dry mouth due to Sjögren syndrome (M35.0-) M35.0

    Excludes2

    • salivary gland hyposecretion (K11.7) K11.7
  8. R68.3
    Clubbing of fingers
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1, Excludes1 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Clubbing of nails

    Excludes1

    • congenital clubfinger (Q68.1) Q68.1
  9. R68.8
    Other general symptoms and signs
    Header
  10. R68.81
    Early satiety
    Billable
  11. R68.82
    Decreased libido
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Decreased sexual desire
  12. R68.83
    Chills (without fever)
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1, Excludes1 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Chills NOS

    Excludes1

    • chills with fever (R50.9) R50.9
  13. R68.84
    Jaw pain
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 2, Excludes1 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Mandibular pain
    • Maxilla pain

    Excludes1

    • temporomandibular joint arthralgia (M26.62-) M26.62
  14. R68.89
    Other general symptoms and signs
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

Notes that also apply

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

Index entries

  • Hypopyrexia → R68.0
  • Fussy baby → R68.12
  • ALTE (apparent life threatening event) in newborn and infant → R68.13
  • BRUE (brief resolved unexplained event) → R68.13
  • Clubbing of finger(s) (nails) → R68.3
  • Clubfinger → R68.3
  • Clubnail → R68.3
  • Early satiety → R68.81
  • Satiety, early → R68.81
  • Chill(s) → R68.83
  • Abiotrophy → R68.89
  • Abulia → R68.89
  • Autodigestion → R68.89
  • Autointoxication → R68.89
  • Autotoxemia → R68.89
  • Fugue → R68.89
  • Hemiatrophy → R68.89
  • Herxheimer's reaction → R68.89
  • Hyperemia (acute) (passive) → R68.89
  • Infirmity → R68.89
  • Necrobiosis → R68.89
  • Rigors → R68.89
  • Symptoms NEC → R68.89
  • Toxemia → R68.89
  • Hypothermia (accidental)not associated with low environmental temperature → R68.0
  • Babycrying constantly → R68.11
  • Crying (constant) (continuous) (excessive)infant (baby) (newborn) → R68.11
  • Infant(s)excessive crying → R68.11
  • Infant(s)irritable child → R68.12
  • Irritable, irritabilityinfant → R68.12
  • Eventapparent life threatening in newborn and infant (ALTE) → R68.13
  • Eventbrief resolved unexplained event (BRUE) → R68.13
  • Symptoms NECof infancy → R68.19
  • Dry, drynessmouth → R68.2
  • Decrease (d)libido → R68.82
  • Decrease (d)sexual desire → R68.82
  • Libidodecreased → R68.82
  • Chill(s)without fever → R68.83
  • Pain(s)jaw → R68.84
  • Pain(s)mandibular → R68.84

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