ICD-10-CM › R00-R99 › R30-R39 › R39.85 Costovertebral (angle) tenderness › R39.853
R39.853
Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, bilateral
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2026 to now.
- FY2026 Added to the code set Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, bilateral
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.
- Enteralgia
- Gastralgia
- Gastrodynia
- Abdominalgia
- Pain > cecum
- Pain > colon
- Pain > gastric
- Pain > stomach
- Cramp > abdominal
- Cramp > intestinal
- Distress > abdomen
- Pain > abdominal > tenderness
- Spasm, spastic, spasticity > viscera
- Tenderness, abdominal > costovertebral > bilateral
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| R39.851 | Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, right side | Valid |
| R39.852 | Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, left side | Valid |
| R39.859 | Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, unspecified side | Valid |