ICD-10-CM › R00-R99 › R10-R19 › R10 Abdominal and pelvic pain › R10.8

R10.8

Other abdominal pain

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

  • R10.81 Abdominal tenderness (also a header)
  • R10.82 Rebound abdominal tenderness (also a header)
  • R10.83 Colic
  • R10.84 Generalized abdominal pain
  • R10.85 Abdominal pain of multiple sites
  • R10.8A Flank tenderness (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other abdominal pain

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from R10 Abdominal and pelvic pain

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • renal colic (N23)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • costovertebral (angle) tenderness (R39.85)
  • dorsalgia (M54.-)
  • flatulence and related conditions (R14.-)

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

Excludes2 - not included here

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
R10.0 Acute abdomen Valid
R10.1 Pain localized to upper abdomen Not billable
R10.2 Pelvic and perineal pain Not billable
R10.3 Pain localized to other parts of lower abdomen Not billable
R10.9 Unspecified abdominal pain Valid
R10.A Pain localized to flank Not billable