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ICD-10-CM Code for Other fecal abnormalities R19.5

ICD-10 code R19.5 for Other fecal abnormalities 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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Official Long Descriptor

Other fecal abnormalities
Abnormal stool color
Bulky stools
Mucus in stools
Occult blood in feces
Occult blood in stools
Excludes1: melena (K92.1)
neonatal melena (P54.1)

R19

Excludes1: acute abdomen (R10.0)

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Colonoscopy after a positive stool test.
[QUOTE="lamiller, post: 515746, member: 553243"] Can someone tell me how this would be coded? Z12.11 followed by R19.5 and any findings? Also, just so I am understanding that any policies prior to Ma... [ Read More ]
Colonoscopy after a positive stool test.
Can someone tell me how this would be coded? Z12.11 followed by R19.5 and any findings? Also, just so I am understanding that any policies prior to May 31,2022 will not cover this? Thanks for the he... [ Read More ]
Screening colon - incidental - Diarrhea and billing for biopsy of microscopic colitis
This should be coded as diagnostic colonoscopy with primary diagnosis as R19.7 for diarrhea.... [ Read More ]
Z15.09 as reason for colon biopsy specimen
Hi Lcubed You must have provider give a reason for doing colonoscopy. Those Z codes are not first listed and give no definitive illness info to the payer, too generic. Was the colonoscopy done for a... [ Read More ]
Kaiser Denials 88305
I appreciate your replying however, after reading MY post I realize that I was not as specific as I should have been. The denial stems from the diagnosis code not supporting the service. We did a co... [ Read More ]
Kaiser Denials 88305
We are getting denials from Kaiser for our pathology services stating the diagnosis code is not appropriate. When there are no findings on the pathology report and the provider took biopsies because... [ Read More ]
Inpatient Diagnosis Coding
If a patient is seen as inpatient and has a diagnosis of diarrhea likely due to taxotere, do you code this as K52.1 or R19.7? I coded as K52.1 along with the T45.1x5A and was told I coded this incorre... [ Read More ]
Positive Cologard Billing
[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 ]
Positive Cologard Billing
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 information anywhere. Please share the link. Thanks!... [ Read More ]
Positive Cologard Billing
New legislation that becomes effective 6/1 that will allow for commercial plans to allow for patients who have had a positive Cologuard test to still receive their screening benefits when a colonoscop... [ Read More ]
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