ICD-10-CM Code for Pain localized to upper abdomen R10.1

ICD-10 code R10.1 for Pain localized to upper abdomen is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .

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Pain localized to upper abdomen

R10

Excludes1: renal colic (N23)

Excludes2: dorsalgia (M54.-)
flatulence and related conditions (R14.-)

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