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R19.4 - Change in bowel habit


The ICD 10 Code for Change in bowel habit is listed as R19.4.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: R19.4
Description: Change in bowel habit
  • Excludes1: constipation (K59.0-)
  • functional diarrhea (K59.1)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
391 - Esophagitis, Gastroent & Misc Digest Disorders W Mcc
392 - Esophagitis, Gastroent & Misc Digest Disorders W/o Mcc
Chapter Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Block Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)
Parent R19 - Other symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 787.99 - Other symptoms involving digestive system (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R19.4:
R19.0 - Intra-abdominal and pelvic swelling, mass and lump
R19.1 - Abnormal bowel sounds
R19.2 - Visible peristalsis
R19.3 - Abdominal rigidity
R19.5 - Other fecal abnormalities
R19.6 - Halitosis
R19.7 - Diarrhea, unspecified
R19.8 - Other specified symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen