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R10.82

Rebound 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:

  • R10.821 Right upper quadrant rebound abdominal tenderness
  • R10.822 Left upper quadrant rebound abdominal tenderness
  • R10.823 Right lower quadrant rebound abdominal tenderness
  • R10.824 Left lower quadrant rebound abdominal tenderness
  • R10.825 Periumbilic rebound abdominal tenderness
  • R10.826 Epigastric rebound abdominal tenderness
  • R10.827 Generalized rebound abdominal tenderness
  • R10.829 Rebound 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Rebound 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

CodeDescriptionStatus
R10.81 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