Abdominal tenderness

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 8 more specific codes instead:

R10.811 Right upper quadrant abdominal tenderness
R10.812 Left upper quadrant abdominal tenderness
R10.813 Right lower quadrant abdominal tenderness
R10.814 Left lower quadrant abdominal tenderness
R10.815 Periumbilic abdominal tenderness
R10.816 Epigastric abdominal tenderness
R10.817 Generalized abdominal tenderness
R10.819 Abdominal tenderness, unspecified site

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Abdominal tenderness

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

Code	Description	Status
R10.82	Rebound abdominal tenderness	Not billable
R10.83	Colic	Valid
R10.84	Generalized abdominal pain	Valid
R10.85	Abdominal pain of multiple sites	Valid
R10.8A	Flank tenderness	Not billable