R19.3 is the ICD-10 code for Abdominal rigidity. It is a four-character subcategory of R19 (Other symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block R10–R19 (Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen) in Chapter XVIII, Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified.
- Code type
- Subcategory (4 characters)
- Chapter
- XVIII · R00–R99
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What R19.3 excludes
Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.
- that with severe abdominal pain R10.0
R19.3 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
R19.3Défense
R19.3Abdominal stramhet
DR193Défense i bugvæg UNS
R19.3Vatsanpeitteiden lihasjäykkyys
R19.3Bauchdeckenspannung
R19.3Contracture abdominale
R19.3défense musculaire
Listed through more specific codes:
- R19.30Abdominal rigidity, unspecified site
- R19.31Right upper quadrant abdominal rigidity
- R19.32Left upper quadrant abdominal rigidity
- R19.33Right lower quadrant abdominal rigidity
- R19.34Left lower quadrant abdominal rigidity
- R19.35Periumbilic abdominal rigidity
- R19.36Epigastric abdominal rigidity
- R19.37Generalized abdominal rigidity
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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