R19.5✓ Billable

Other fecal abnormalities

Inclusion Terms

  • •Abnormal stool color
  • •Bulky stools
  • •Mucus in stools
  • •Occult blood in feces
  • •Occult blood in stools

Also Indexed As(ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index)

These clinical terms, synonyms, and manifestations all map to R19.5 in the official ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index.

Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, feces (color) (contents) (mucus)Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, stool (color) (contents) (mucus)Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, stool (color) (contents) (mucus), guaiac positiveBlood, in, feces, occultBlood, occult in fecesBulky, stoolsFat, in stoolMucus, in stoolOccult, blood in feces (stools)Pus, in, stool

✗ Excludes 1(Not coded here)

  • •melena (K92.1)
  • •neonatal melena (P54.1)

Code Hierarchy

┌18Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)├R10-R19Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)├R19Other symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen
└R19.5Other fecal abnormalities

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