ICD-10 codes for Diarrhea

The primary ICD-10-CM codes for diarrhea are R19.7, A09, K59.1. Across all sub-categories, 49 codes are grouped under diarrhea, with 41 marked as billable (specific enough for a medical claim).

There are 49 ICD-10-CM codes related to diarrhea. Of these, 41 are billable specific codes and 8 are non-billable header categories that organize the specific codes underneath them. Header codes cannot be reported on a claim by themselves.

Yes. 41 of the 49 ICD-10-CM codes for diarrhea are billable. Common examples include A09 (Infectious gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified); K59.00 (Constipation, unspecified); K59.01 (Slow transit constipation). Code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation.

The most commonly used billable codes for diarrhea include: A09 (Infectious gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified); K59.00 (Constipation, unspecified); K59.01 (Slow transit constipation). The correct code depends on the documented clinical presentation, including any complications, episode (acute / chronic), and laterality where applicable. Always code to the highest level of specificity supported by the clinical documentation.

Yes, R19.7 (Diarrhea, unspecified) is a billable / specific ICD-10-CM code that can be reported on insurance claims.

The ICD-10 codes for diarrhea map to at least 25 SNOMED CT concepts. Examples of SNOMED CT concept IDs in this group include 105697005, 1086791000119100, 109814008, 1163146002, 1163467009. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records; AutoICD's coding API returns SNOMED CT IDs alongside each ICD-10 code via the include_snomed=true flag.

The ICD-10 codes for diarrhea are linked to at least 25 UMLS CUIs in the National Library of Medicine's Metathesaurus. Sample CUIs include C0021342, C0277524, C0277525, C2880124, C0341089. UMLS CUIs unify the same concept across SNOMED CT, ICD-10, ICD-11, RxNorm, MeSH, and dozens of other source vocabularies.

Diarrhea may also be referred to as: diarrhea, loose stools, watery stool, infectious diarrhea. The same ICD-10-CM codes apply regardless of which term appears in the clinical documentation. Synonyms are surfaced by AutoICD's NER pass and mapped to the canonical ICD-10 family above.