R00-R99
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
This chapter covers ICD-10-CM codes in the range R00-R99 for symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified. Includes symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical findings not elsewhere classified, organized by body system.
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Chapter Notes
This chapter includes symptoms, signs, abnormal results of clinical or other investigative procedures, and ill-defined conditions regarding which no diagnosis classifiable elsewhere is recorded.
Signs and symptoms that point rather definitely to a given diagnosis have been assigned to a category in other chapters of the classification. In general, categories in this chapter include the less well-defined conditions and symptoms that, without the necessary study of the case to establish a final diagnosis, point perhaps equally to two or more diseases or to two or more systems of the body. Practically all categories in the chapter could be designated 'not otherwise specified', 'unknown etiology' or 'transient'. The Alphabetical Index should be consulted to determine which symptoms and signs are to be allocated here and which to other chapters. The residual subcategories, numbered .8, are generally provided for other relevant symptoms that cannot be allocated elsewhere in the classification.
The conditions and signs or symptoms included in categories R00-R94 consist of:
(a) cases for which no more specific diagnosis can be made even after all the facts bearing on the case have been investigated;
(b) signs or symptoms existing at the time of initial encounter that proved to be transient and whose causes could not be determined;
(c) provisional diagnosis in a patient who failed to return for further investigation or care;
(d) cases referred elsewhere for investigation or treatment before the diagnosis was made;
(e) cases in which a more precise diagnosis was not available for any other reason;
(f) certain symptoms, for which supplementary information is provided, that represent important problems in medical care in their own right.
Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems
Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen
Symptoms and signs involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Symptoms and signs involving the nervous and musculoskeletal systems
Symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system
Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behavior
General symptoms and signs
Fever of other and unknown origin
Headache
Pain, unspecified
Malaise and fatigue
Age-related physical debility
Syncope and collapse
Convulsions, not elsewhere classified
Shock, not elsewhere classified
Hemorrhage, not elsewhere classified
Enlarged lymph nodes
Edema, not elsewhere classified
Generalized hyperhidrosis
Lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood and adults
Symptoms and signs concerning food and fluid intake
Cachexia
Symptoms and signs specifically associated with systemic inflammation and infection
Other general symptoms and signs
Illness, unspecified