Change in bowel habit

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Change in bowel habit

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)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Change > bowel habit

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
R19.3	Abdominal rigidity	Not billable
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