2021 ICD-10-CM Code R14.3
Flatulence
Valid for Submission
R14.3 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of flatulence. The code R14.3 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The ICD-10-CM code R14.3 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like abdominal wind pain, burping, digestive symptom, excessive flatus, finding of flatus , finding of flatus, etc.
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.
Code Classification
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code R14.3 are found in the index:
- - Flatulence - R14.3
- - Flatus - R14.3
- - Gas - R14.3
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Abdominal wind pain
- Burping
- Digestive symptom
- Excessive flatus
- Finding of flatus
- Finding of flatus
- Finding of flatus
- Finding of flatus
- Finding of upper gastrointestinal gas
- Flatulence symptom
- Flatulence, eructation and gas pain
- Passing flatus
- Passing loud flatus
- Passing offensive flatus
- Unable to control flatus
Clinical Information
- FLATULENCE-. production or presence of gas in the gastrointestinal tract which may be expelled through the anus.
Diagnostic Related Groups - MS-DRG Mapping
The ICD-10 code R14.3 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V38.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2021.
Convert R14.3 to ICD-9 Code
The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code R14.3 its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
- 787.3 - Flatul/eructat/gas pain (Approximate Flag)
Information for Patients
Gas
Also called: Belch, Burp, Eructation, Flatulence, Flatus
Everyone has gas. Most people pass gas 13 to 21 times a day. Passing gas through the mouth is called belching or burping. Passing gas through the anus is called flatulence. Most of the time gas does not have an odor. The odor comes from bacteria in the large intestine that release small amounts of gases that contain sulfur.
Gas in the digestive tract comes from two sources: air that you swallow and the breakdown of undigested food by bacteria in the large intestine. Certain foods may cause gas. Foods that produce gas in one person may not cause gas in another.
You can reduce the amount of gas you have by
- Drinking lots of water and non-fizzy drinks
- Eating more slowly so you swallow less air when you eat
- Avoiding milk products if you have lactose intolerance
Medicines can help reduce gas or the pain and bloating caused by gas. If your symptoms still bother you, see your health care provider.
NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Abdominal bloating (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Belching (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Bland diet (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Gas - flatulence (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Code History
- 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 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)