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# R10.0 Acute abdomen

ICD-10-CM · [CMS code reference](#source)

**Official ICD-10-CM description:** Acute abdomen

## Coding notes

From the ICD-10-CM FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026) tabular list. Notes on a parent code or category apply here too.

### Also covers

-   Severe abdominal pain (generalized) (with abdominal rigidity)

### Excludes1

Not coded together with this code. The exception is when the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

-   abdominal rigidity NOS (R19.3)
-   generalized abdominal pain NOS ([R10.84](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/r10.84/))
-   localized abdominal pain (R10.1-R10.3-)
-   renal colic (N23)

### Excludes2

Not part of this code, but both can be coded when both are documented.

-   costovertebral (angle) tenderness (R39.85)
-   dorsalgia (M54.-)
-   flatulence and related conditions (R14.-)
-   congenital or infantile pylorospasm (Q40.0)
-   gastrointestinal hemorrhage (K92.0-K92.2)
-   intestinal obstruction (K56.-)
-   newborn gastrointestinal hemorrhage (P54.0-P54.3)
-   newborn intestinal obstruction (P76.-)
-   pylorospasm (K31.3)
-   signs and symptoms involving the urinary system (R30-R39)
-   symptoms referable to female genital organs (N94.-)
-   symptoms referable to male genital organs (N48-N50)

## Related codes

-   [`R10.10` Upper abdominal pain, unspecified ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/r10.10/)
-   [`R10.11` Right upper quadrant pain ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/r10.11/)
-   [`R10.12` Left upper quadrant pain ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/r10.12/)
-   [`R10.13` Epigastric pain ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/r10.13/)
-   [`R10.20` Pelvic and perineal pain unspecified side ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/r10.20/)
-   [`R10.21` Pelvic and perineal pain right side ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/r10.21/)
-   [`R10.22` Pelvic and perineal pain left side ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/r10.22/)
-   [`R10.23` Pelvic and perineal pain bilateral ICD-10-CM](https://billingbrief.com/icd10/r10.23/)

## Common questions

### Is R10.0 a billable code?

Yes. R10.0 is a billable ICD-10-CM code in the ICD-10-CM FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026) code set.

## From the source

Official description from [CMS](https://www.cms.gov/medicare/coding-billing/icd-10-codes).
ICD-10-CM FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026).

Code set

ICD-10-CM

Category

R10 Abdominal and pelvic pain

Chapter

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings

Billable

Yes

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