R19.5
BillableOther fecal abnormalities
Other fecal abnormalities
Coding Notes
Inclusion Terms
Alternative clinical terms for this condition
- Abnormal stool color
- Bulky stools
- Mucus in stools
- Occult blood in feces
- Occult blood in stools
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- •abnormal findings on antenatal screening of motherO28
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal periodP04-P96
- signs and symptoms classified in the body system chapters
- •signs and symptoms of breast,N63, N64.5
- •congenital or infantile pylorospasmQ40.0
- •gastrointestinal hemorrhageK92.0-K92.2
- •intestinal obstructionK56
- •newborn gastrointestinal hemorrhageP54.0-P54.3
- •newborn intestinal obstructionP76
- •pylorospasmK31.3
- •signs and symptoms involving the urinary systemR30-R39
- •symptoms referable to female genital organsN94
- •symptoms referable to male genital organsN48-N50
Related Codes(8)
ICD-11 Equivalents(1)
ICD-11 Equivalents
View full mappingCorresponding ICD-11 codes from the WHO crosswalk mapping
Also Known As / Clinical Terms(537)
SNOMED CT
- Decreased stool caliber2761008
- Decreased stool calibre2761008
- Diminished stool caliber2761008
- Diminished stool calibre2761008
- Passage of rice water stools18425006
- Rice water stool18425006
- Semisolid stools27731006
- Soft faeces27731006
- Soft feces27731006
- Soft stool27731006
- Black stools35064005
- Dark faeces35064005
- Dark feces35064005
- Dark stools35064005
- Change in stool caliber46202007
- Change in stool calibre46202007
- Faecal occult blood positive59614000
- Fecal occult blood positive59614000
- Occult blood detected in faeces59614000
- Occult blood detected in feces59614000
- Occult blood in stool59614000
- Red stools64412006
- Fatty stool66187002
- Steatorrhea66187002
- Steatorrhoea66187002
- Acholic faeces70396004
- Acholic feces70396004
- Acholic stool70396004
- Clay-colored stools70396004
- Clay-coloured stools70396004
- Gray stools70396004
- Grey stools70396004
- Hard faeces75295004
- Hard feces75295004
- Hard stool75295004
- Hard stools75295004
- Faeces odor: musty167601005
- Feces odor: musty167601005
- Offensive faeces odour167602003
- Offensive feces odor167602003
- Yellow color of feces167607009
- Yellow colour of faeces167607009
- Yellow stool167607009
- Faeces colour: meconium167608004
- Feces color: meconium167608004
- Faeces colour: green167609007
- Feces color: green167609007
- Green stools167609007
- Bulky stool167623009
- Faeces quantity bulky167623009
- Feces quantity bulky167623009
- Voluminous stool167623009
- Faeces quantity sparse167624003
- Feces quantity sparse167624003
- Stool scanty167624003
- Faeces: undigested meat fibres167632006
- Feces: undigested meat fibers167632006
- Faeces examination: cells167634007
- Feces examination: cells167634007
- Faeces examination: growth167635008
- Feces examination: growth167635008
- Faeces: gallstones present167642008
- Feces: gallstones present167642008
- Faeces: polyps present167644009
- Feces: polyps present167644009
- Faecal fat excessive167649004
- Fecal fat excessive167649004
- Faecal starch granules excess167651000
- Fecal starch granules excess167651000
- Reducing substances detected in faeces167678003
- Reducing substances detected in feces167678003
- Lactose detected in stool specimen by chromatography167687007
- Lactose present in stool specimen by chromatography167687007
- Trisaccharide detected in stool specimen by chromatography167690001
- Trisaccharide present in stool specimen by chromatography167690001
- Abnormal composition of faeces228250006
- Abnormal composition of feces228250006
- Change in stool consistency229209009
- Starvation stool249620007
- Breast milk stool249621006
- Faeces contents abnormal249625002
- Feces contents abnormal249625002
- Stool contents abnormal249625002
- Black faeces267055007
- Black feces267055007
- Pale faeces267056008
- Pale feces267056008
- Floating faeces267058009
- Floating feces267058009
- Stool floats267058009
- Worms in faeces267059001
- Worms in feces267059001
- Worms in stool267059001
- Faeces: fresh blood present269900004
- Feces: fresh blood present269900004
- Faeces:red currant jelly stool269901000
- Feces:red currant jelly stool269901000
- Red currant jelly stool269901000
- Abnormal faeces271840007
- Abnormal feces271840007
- Large stool271841006
- Stool color abnormal271863002
- Stool colour abnormal271863002
- Mucus in faeces271864008
- Mucus in feces271864008
- Mucus in stool271864008
- Pus in faeces271865009
- Pus in feces271865009
- Pus in stool271865009
- Small stool276389007
- Stool like rabbit's276390003
- Faeces: undigested food276391004
- Feces: undigested food276391004
- Food in stool276391004
- Stool flecked with blood300392005
- Finding of size of stool365436004
- Faeces pH365439006
- Faeces pH - finding365439006
- Feces pH365439006
- Feces pH - finding365439006
- Finding of faeces pH365439006
- Finding of feces pH365439006
- Faeces examination - odour365674003
- Faeces odour finding365674003
- Feces examination - odor365674003
- Feces odor finding365674003
- Finding of odor of stool365674003
- Finding of odour of stool365674003
- Faeces quantity finding365677005
- Feces quantity finding365677005
- Faecal starch365719006
- Faecal starch - finding365719006
- Fecal starch365719006
- Fecal starch - finding365719006
- Finding of faecal starch365719006
- Finding of fecal starch365719006
- Faecal fat level365797009
- Faecal fat level - finding365797009
- Fecal fat level365797009
- Fecal fat level - finding365797009
- Finding of faecal fat level365797009
- Finding of fecal fat level365797009
- Finding of sugar chromatography pattern365810002
- Sugar chromatography pattern365810002
- Sugar chromatography pattern - finding365810002
- Finding of presence of faecal reducing substances365820007
- Finding of presence of fecal reducing substances365820007
- Faecal occult blood: trace389076003
- Fecal occult blood: trace389076003
- Trace occult blood detected in faeces389076003
- Trace occult blood detected in feces389076003
- LS - Loose stools398032003
- Loose bowel motions398032003
- Loose bowel movement398032003
- Loose faeces398032003
- Loose feces398032003
- Loose motion398032003
- Loose stool398032003
- Loose stools398032003
- Fluid stool398212009
- Liquid faeces398212009
- Liquid feces398212009
- Liquid stool398212009
- Watery stool398212009
- BRBPR - Bright red blood per rectum405729008
- Blood in faeces405729008
- Blood in feces405729008
- Blood in stool405729008
- Bloody stool405729008
- Bright red blood in stool405729008
- Bright red blood per rectum405729008
- Faeces: blood405729008
- Feces: blood405729008
- Fresh blood passed per rectum405729008
- Haematochezia405729008
- Hematochezia405729008
- Passage of bloody stools405729008
- Abnormal consistency of stool422784003
- Dry faeces424278001
- Dry feces424278001
- Dry stool424278001
- Amount of mucus in stool abnormal441782005
- Mucoid stool441782005
- Colorectal cancer detected by DNA-based stool screening708699002
- Stool DNA-based colorectal cancer screening positive708699002
- Acidity of faeces abnormally low789175008
- Acidity of feces abnormally low789175008
- Faeces pH more acidic than reference range789175008
- Feces pH more acidic than reference range789175008
- Alkalinity of faeces abnormally high789176009
- Alkalinity of feces abnormally high789176009
- Excessive alkalinity of faeces789176009
- Excessive alkalinity of feces789176009
- Faeces pH more alkaline than reference range789176009
- Feces pH more alkaline than reference range789176009
- Tablet in stool840642008
- Bright red feces449331000124107
- Bright red stool449331000124107
- Creamy stool449201000124107
- Dark red faeces449311000124101
- Dark red feces449311000124101
- FIT (faecal immunochemical test) positive71711000112103
- FIT (fecal immunochemical test) positive71711000112103
- Immunoassay measurement of occult blood in stool above reference range71711000112103
- Occult blood detected in faeces by immunoassay71711000112103
- Occult blood detected in feces by immunoassay71711000112103
- Frothy stool449191000124109
- Increased fecal output14450001000004103
- Increased feces output14450001000004103
- Increased stool output14450001000004103
- Orange feces449281000124103
- Orange stool449281000124103
- Red-streaked feces449291000124100
- Red-streaked stool449291000124100
- Seedy stool449181000124106
UMLS
- Abnormal stool colorC0237327
- Stool color abnormalC0237327
- Stool color abnormal (finding)C0237327
- Stool colour abnormalC0237327
- abnormal color stoolsC0237327
- abnormal colored stoolC0237327
- abnormal colored stoolsC0237327
- abnormal colors stoolC0237327
- abnormal colour stoolC0237327
- abnormal stool colorC0237327
- abnormal stool colourC0237327
- stool abnormal colorC0237327
- Bulky stoolsC0232721
- Large stoolC0232721
- Large stool (finding)C0232721
- bulky stoolC0232721
- bulky stoolsC0232721
- large stoolC0232721
- large stoolsC0232721
- stool bulkyC0232721
- FOB positiveC0266813
- Faecal occult blood positiveC0266813
- Fecal Occult BloodC0266813
- Fecal occult blood positiveC0266813
- Occult blood detected in faecesC0266813
- Occult blood detected in fecesC0266813
- Occult blood detected in feces (finding)C0266813
- Occult blood in fecesC0266813
- Occult blood in stoolC0266813
- Occult blood in stoolsC0266813
- Stool Guaiac test positiveC0266813
- blood occult stoolC0266813
- bloods occult stoolC0266813
- guaiac positive stoolC0266813
- guaiac positive stoolsC0266813
- guaiac stoolC0266813
- guaiac stoolsC0266813
- guaiac-positive stoolsC0266813
- heme positive stoolC0266813
- heme positive stoolsC0266813
- heme stoolC0266813
- occult blood in stoolsC0266813
- occult blood positive stoolC0266813
- occult blood stoolC0266813
- positive heme stoolC0266813
- stool guaiacC0266813
- stool hemeC0266813
- stool occult bloodC0266813
- Mucous stoolC0241254
- Mucous stoolsC0241254
- Mucus in faecesC0241254
- Mucus in fecesC0241254
- Mucus in stoolC0241254
- Mucus in stool (finding)C0241254
- Mucus in stoolsC0241254
- Mucus stoolsC0241254
- mucous stoolC0241254
- mucous stoolsC0241254
- mucus in stoolC0241254
- mucus stoolC0241254
- mucus stoolsC0241254
- stool mucousC0241254
- stools mucousC0241254
- Other fecal abnormalitiesC0478120
Clinical Terms
- Loose stool
- Acholic feces
- Orange stool
- Colorectal cancer detected by DNA-based stool screening
- Dark stools
- Finding of presence of faecal reducing substances
- Trisaccharide detected in stool specimen by chromatography
- Faeces examination: cells
- heme positive stool
- abnormal color stools
- Faecal occult blood positive
- Faeces quantity finding
- Feces quantity sparse
- Red stools
- Feces: undigested meat fibers
- Mucus in stools
- Orange feces
- BRBPR - Bright red blood per rectum
- Grey stools
- Increased fecal output
- Mucoid stool
- Stool colour abnormal
- Black feces
- Finding of faecal starch
- Stool scanty
- Reducing substances detected in faeces
- Change in stool calibre
- Diminished stool calibre
- Feces: undigested food
- Voluminous stool
- Offensive feces odor
- Occult blood detected in faeces
- large stools
- Faeces: blood
- FOB positive
- Red currant jelly stool
- Finding of size of stool
- Faeces: undigested meat fibres
- Offensive faeces odour
- Clay-coloured stools
- abnormal colored stools
- Green stools
- Large stool (finding)
- Sugar chromatography pattern - finding
- Feces: gallstones present
- Feces: blood
- abnormal colors stool
- Yellow color of feces
- Occult blood in stools
- heme stool
- abnormal stool colour
- stool mucous
- Alkalinity of feces abnormally high
- Faeces: gallstones present
- abnormal colour stool
- Decreased stool caliber
- Loose faeces
- Dark red faeces
- Faecal fat level
- Faeces pH
- Faeces: polyps present
- Worms in stool
- Liquid faeces
- Hard feces
- Stool like rabbit's
- Dark feces
- Seedy stool
- Black stools
- abnormal stool color
- Reducing substances detected in feces
- Bloody stool
- Food in stool
- blood occult stool
- Abnormal composition of feces
- Fecal fat excessive
- Occult blood detected in feces (finding)
- Feces pH
- Feces:red currant jelly stool
- Mucus stools
- Excessive alkalinity of feces
- guaiac stools
- Feces examination: cells
- Stool Guaiac test positive
- Gray stools
- Immunoassay measurement of occult blood in stool above reference range
- Faeces pH - finding
- Faeces:red currant jelly stool
- Lactose present in stool specimen by chromatography
- Loose stools
- occult blood stool
- Stool DNA-based colorectal cancer screening positive
- Faeces examination - odour
- Finding of odor of stool
- Faeces pH more acidic than reference range
- Soft faeces
- stools mucous
- Excessive alkalinity of faeces
- Fatty stool
- Bright red stool
- Finding of faeces pH
- Finding of odour of stool
- Hematochezia
- Stool floats
- Mucus in stool
- Finding of fecal starch
- stool guaiac
- Feces examination - odor
- Sugar chromatography pattern
- stool heme
- Alkalinity of faeces abnormally high
- Blood in stool
- Blood in feces
- Diminished stool caliber
- occult blood positive stool
- Dry stool
- Starvation stool
- Soft stool
- Bulky stool
- Rice water stool
- Mucus in faeces
- bulky stools
- Feces pH more acidic than reference range
- Finding of fecal fat level
- Stool color abnormal
- Fecal Occult Blood
- Feces odor finding
- stool occult blood
- Lactose detected in stool specimen by chromatography
- Faeces quantity bulky
- Passage of rice water stools
- Small stool
- Creamy stool
- Faecal starch
- Feces color: green
- Faecal starch - finding
- Hard faeces
- Loose bowel movement
- Loose motion
- Fecal occult blood positive
- LS - Loose stools
- Fresh blood passed per rectum
- Acidity of feces abnormally low
- mucous stools
- Finding of feces pH
- Trace occult blood detected in faeces
- abnormal colored stool
- Pale faeces
- Trisaccharide present in stool specimen by chromatography
- Occult blood detected in faeces by immunoassay
- Feces: fresh blood present
- Occult blood detected in feces
- Steatorrhoea
- stool abnormal color
- Floating feces
- Stool flecked with blood
- mucous stool
- Change in stool consistency
- mucus stool
- Change in stool caliber
- Trace occult blood detected in feces
- Faeces odour finding
- Pus in faeces
- Bright red blood in stool
- Mucus in feces
- bloods occult stool
- Large stool
- Faecal occult blood: trace
- Hard stool
- Dry feces
- Abnormal consistency of stool
- Stool color abnormal (finding)
- Faeces colour: green
- Amount of mucus in stool abnormal
- Red-streaked feces
- Loose feces
- Acholic faeces
- Faeces quantity sparse
- Yellow stool
- Bright red feces
- Feces quantity bulky
- Acholic stool
- Liquid feces
- Worms in faeces
- Blood in faeces
- FIT (faecal immunochemical test) positive
- Liquid stool
- Abnormal feces
- Pus in feces
- Faeces: undigested food
- Faeces colour: meconium
- Fluid stool
- Faeces pH more alkaline than reference range
- Frothy stool
- Feces color: meconium
- Feces pH more alkaline than reference range
- Acidity of faeces abnormally low
- Abnormal faeces
- Yellow colour of faeces
- Passage of bloody stools
- Faecal fat excessive
- Soft feces
- Dark red feces
- positive heme stool
- Faeces: fresh blood present
- Semisolid stools
- Occult blood in feces
- Feces examination: growth
- Feces: polyps present
- Stool contents abnormal
- Fecal starch granules excess
- Fecal occult blood: trace
- Dark faeces
- Fecal starch
- Fecal fat level - finding
- Dry faeces
- Haematochezia
- Occult blood in stool
- Finding of sugar chromatography pattern
- Clay-colored stools
- Fecal fat level
- Feces odor: musty
- Faecal fat level - finding
- Faeces odor: musty
- Feces pH - finding
- Floating faeces
- Pale feces
- Red-streaked stool
- Increased feces output
- stool bulky
- Faecal starch granules excess
- Increased stool output
- Mucus in stool (finding)
- Worms in feces
- Finding of presence of fecal reducing substances
- Black faeces
- Steatorrhea
- Tablet in stool
- guaiac stool
- FIT (fecal immunochemical test) positive
- Bright red blood per rectum
- Feces contents abnormal
- heme positive stools
- guaiac positive stools
- Abnormal composition of faeces
- Breast milk stool
- Finding of faecal fat level
- Occult blood detected in feces by immunoassay
- Fecal starch - finding
- Loose bowel motions
- Faeces contents abnormal
- Watery stool
- Hard stools
- guaiac-positive stools
- Pus in stool
- Decreased stool calibre
- guaiac positive stool
- Feces quantity finding
- Faeces examination: growth
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for other fecal abnormalities?
The ICD-10-CM code for other fecal abnormalities is R19.5. The full clinical description is "Other fecal abnormalities". R19.5 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.
What does ICD-10 code R19.5 mean?
ICD-10-CM code R19.5 represents “Other fecal abnormalities”. It is classified under Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is R19.5 a billable code?
Yes, R19.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is R19.5 in?
R19.5 is in Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings (codes R00-R99).
What codes cannot be used with R19.5?
R19.5 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: acute abdomen (R10.0); melena (K92.1); neonatal melena (P54.1).
What SNOMED CT codes does R19.5 map to?
R19.5 maps to 75 SNOMED CT concepts: 228250006, 422784003, 271840007, 70396004, 789175008, and 70 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for R19.5?
R19.5 is linked to 5 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0237327, C0232721, C0266813, C0241254, C0478120. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
How does R19.5 relate to ICF functioning codes?
ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like other fecal abnormalities affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.
What is the ICD-11 equivalent of R19.5?
R19.5 maps to the ICD-11 code: ME0Y (Other specified symptoms related to the lower gastrointestinal tract or abdomen).
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