2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R19.5
Other fecal abnormalities
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- R19.5
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Other fecal abnormalities
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
- Not chronic
- Code Navigator:
R19.5 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other fecal abnormalities. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
According to ICD-10-CM guidelines this code should not to be used as a principal diagnosis code when a related definitive diagnosis has been established.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- 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
Clinical Classification
Clinical Category is Abdominal pain and other digestive/abdomen signs and symptoms
- CCSR Category Code: SYM006
- Inpatient Default CCSR: Y - Yes, default inpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
- Outpatient Default CCSR: Y - Yes, default outpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Abnormal stool color
- Bulky stools
- Mucus in stools
- Occult blood in feces
- Occult blood in stools
Type 1 Excludes
Type 1 ExcludesA type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).
- - Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - See Also: Anomaly;
- - feces (color) (contents) (mucus) - R19.5
- - stool (color) (contents) (mucus) - R19.5
- - guaiac positive - R19.5
- - Occult
- - blood in feces (stools) - R19.5
Convert R19.5 to ICD-9-CM
- ICD-9-CM Code: 787.7 - Abnormal feces
Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code. - ICD-9-CM Code: 792.1 - Abn find-stool contents
Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
Patient Education
Bowel Movement
A bowel movement is the last stop in the movement of food through your digestive tract. Your stool passes out of your body through the rectum and anus. Another name for stool is feces. It is made of what is left after your digestive system (stomach, small intestine, and colon) absorbs nutrients and fluids from what you eat and drink.
Sometimes a bowel movement isn't normal. Diarrhea happens when stool passes through the large intestine too quickly. Constipation occurs when stool passes through the large intestine too slowly. Bowel incontinence is a problem controlling your bowel movements. Other abnormalities with bowel movements may be a sign of a digestive problem.
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Code History
- FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.
Footnotes
[1] Not chronic - A diagnosis code that does not fit the criteria for chronic condition (duration, ongoing medical treatment, and limitations) is considered not chronic. Some codes designated as not chronic are acute conditions. Other diagnosis codes that indicate a possible chronic condition, but for which the duration of the illness is not specified in the code description (i.e., we do not know the condition has lasted 12 months or longer) also are considered not chronic.