ICD-10-CM › R00-R99 › R10-R19 › R19 Other symptoms and signs involving... › R19.3
R19.3
Abdominal rigidity
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 8 more specific codes instead:
- R19.30 Abdominal rigidity, unspecified site
- R19.31 Right upper quadrant abdominal rigidity
- R19.32 Left upper quadrant abdominal rigidity
- R19.33 Right lower quadrant abdominal rigidity
- R19.34 Left lower quadrant abdominal rigidity
- R19.35 Periumbilic abdominal rigidity
- R19.36 Epigastric abdominal rigidity
- R19.37 Generalized abdominal rigidity
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 rigidity
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 R19 Other symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen
Excludes1 - never coded here
- acute abdomen (R10.0)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| R19.0 | Intra-abdominal and pelvic swelling, mass and lump | Not billable |
| R19.1 | Abnormal bowel sounds | Not billable |
| R19.2 | Visible peristalsis | Valid |
| R19.4 | Change in bowel habit | Valid |
| R19.5 | Other fecal abnormalities | Valid |
| R19.6 | Halitosis | Valid |
| R19.7 | Diarrhea, unspecified | Valid |
| R19.8 | Other specified symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen | Valid |