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ICD-10-CM Code for Left upper quadrant abdominal rigidity R19.32

ICD-10 code R19.32 for Left upper quadrant abdominal rigidity 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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Left upper quadrant abdominal rigidity

R19.3

Excludes1: abdominal rigidity with severe abdominal pain (R10.0)

R19

Excludes1: acute abdomen (R10.0)

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Kaiser Denials 88305
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[QUOTE="LisaAlonso23, post: 508716, member: 220094"] R19.5 is the correct code for a positive Cologard test as of now. How we will code this is dependent of direction from CMS. I'm not finding this in... [ Read More ]
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