Diagnosis Code

R19.5 OTHER FECAL ABNORMALITIES


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R19.5

Short Description: Other fecal abnormalities

Long Description: Other fecal abnormalities

The code R19.5 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
    • Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)
      • Oth symptoms and signs involving the dgstv sys and abdomen (R19)
        • R19.5 Other fecal abnormalities

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Abnormal composition of feces
  • Abnormal consistency of stool
  • Abnormal feces
  • Acholic stool
  • Amount of mucus in stool abnormal
  • Black feces
  • Breast milk stool
  • Bright red feces
  • Change in stool caliber
  • Change in stool consistency
  • Colorectal cancer detected by DNA-based stool screening
  • Contents of stool - finding
  • Contents of stool - finding
  • Contents of stool - finding
  • Contents of stool - finding
  • Contents of stool - finding
  • Contents of stool - finding
  • Contents of stool - finding
  • Contents of stool - finding
  • Contents of stool - finding
  • Creamy stool
  • Dark red feces
  • Dark stools
  • Decreased stool caliber
  • Dry stool
  • Fatty stool
  • Fecal fat excessive
  • Fecal fat level - finding
  • Fecal starch - finding
  • Fecal starch granules excess
  • Feces color: green
  • Feces color: meconium
  • Feces contents abnormal
  • Feces examination: cells
  • Feces examination: growth
  • Feces odor finding
  • Feces odor finding
  • Feces odor: musty
  • Feces pH - finding
  • Feces pH - finding
  • Feces pH more acidic than reference range
  • Feces pH more alkaline than reference range
  • Feces quantity bulky
  • Feces quantity finding
  • Feces quantity finding
  • Feces quantity finding
  • Feces quantity sparse
  • Feces: abnormal constituents
  • Feces: foreign constituents - finding
  • Feces: fresh blood present
  • Feces: gallstones present
  • Feces: polyps present
  • Feces: undigested meat fibers
  • Finding of presence of fecal reducing substances
  • Finding of size of stool
  • Finding of size of stool
  • Finding of size of stool
  • Finding of size of stool
  • Finding of size of stool
  • Floating feces
  • Food in stool
  • Frothy stool
  • Hard stool
  • Hematochezia
  • Increased feces output
  • Lactose present in stool specimen by chromatography
  • Large stool
  • Liquid stool
  • Loose stool
  • Mucus in stool
  • Occult blood detected in feces
  • Offensive feces odor
  • Orange feces
  • Ova in feces
  • Pale feces
  • Passage of rice water stools
  • Pus in stool
  • Red currant jelly stool
  • Red stools
  • Red-streaked feces
  • Reducing substances detected in feces
  • Seedy stool
  • Small stool
  • Soft stool
  • Starvation stool
  • Stool color abnormal
  • Stool flecked with blood
  • Stool like rabbit's
  • Sugar chromatography pattern - finding
  • Sugar chromatography pattern - finding
  • Tablet in stool
  • Trace occult blood detected in feces
  • Trisaccharide present in stool specimen by chromatography
  • Worms in stool
  • Yellow color of feces

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R19.5 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis And Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders With Mcc (391)
  • Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis And Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders Without Mcc (392)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R19.5 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Abnormal stool color
    • Bulky stools
    • Mucus in stools
    • Occult blood in feces
    • Occult blood in stools
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • melena (@K92.1*)
    • neonatal melena (@P54.1*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R19.5 Right Arrow 787.7 Abnormal feces
792.1 Abn find-stool contents

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
R19 Other symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen
R19.0 Intra-abdominal and pelvic swelling, mass and lump
R19.00 Intra-abdominal and pelvic swelling, mass and lump, unspecified site
R19.01 Right upper quadrant abdominal swelling, mass and lump
R19.02 Left upper quadrant abdominal swelling, mass and lump
R19.03 Right lower quadrant abdominal swelling, mass and lump
R19.04 Left lower quadrant abdominal swelling, mass and lump
R19.05 Periumbilic swelling, mass or lump
R19.06 Epigastric swelling, mass or lump
R19.07 Generalized intra-abdominal and pelvic swelling, mass and lump
R19.09 Other intra-abdominal and pelvic swelling, mass and lump
R19.1 Abnormal bowel sounds
R19.11 Absent bowel sounds
R19.12 Hyperactive bowel sounds
R19.15 Other abnormal bowel sounds
R19.2 Visible peristalsis
R19.3 Abdominal rigidity
R19.30 Abdominal rigidity, unspecified site
R19.31 Right upper quadrant abdominal rigidity
R19.32 Left upper quadrant abdominal rigidity
R19.33 Right lower quadrant abdominal rigidity
R19.34 Left lower quadrant abdominal rigidity
R19.35 Periumbilic abdominal rigidity
R19.36 Epigastric abdominal rigidity
R19.37 Generalized abdominal rigidity
R19.4 Change in bowel habit
R19.6 Halitosis
R19.7 Diarrhea, unspecified
R19.8 Other specified symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023