ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00-R99
R10 Abdominal and pelvic pain
Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)
- renal colic (N23)
Excludes 2 (not included here)
- costovertebral (angle) tenderness (R39.85)
- dorsalgia (M54.-)
- flatulence and related conditions (R14.-)
Subcodes
Subcodes are listed below for reference. Detail pages are not available for chapters 11–22.
| Code | Description | Billable |
|---|---|---|
| R10..0 | Acute abdomen | Yes |
| R10..1 | Pain localized to upper abdomen | No |
| R10..10 | Upper abdominal pain, unspecified | Yes |
| R10..11 | Right upper quadrant pain | Yes |
| R10..12 | Left upper quadrant pain | Yes |
| R10..13 | Epigastric pain | Yes |
| R10..2 | Pelvic and perineal pain | No |
| R10..20 | Pelvic and perineal pain unspecified side | Yes |
| R10..21 | Pelvic and perineal pain right side | Yes |
| R10..22 | Pelvic and perineal pain left side | Yes |
| R10..23 | Pelvic and perineal pain bilateral | Yes |
| R10..24 | Suprapubic pain | Yes |
| R10..3 | Pain localized to other parts of lower abdomen | No |
| R10..30 | Lower abdominal pain, unspecified | Yes |
| R10..31 | Right lower quadrant pain | Yes |
| R10..32 | Left lower quadrant pain | Yes |
| R10..33 | Periumbilical pain | Yes |
| R10..8 | Other abdominal pain | No |
| R10..81 | Abdominal tenderness | No |
| R10..811 | Right upper quadrant abdominal tenderness | Yes |
| R10..812 | Left upper quadrant abdominal tenderness | Yes |
| R10..813 | Right lower quadrant abdominal tenderness | Yes |
| R10..814 | Left lower quadrant abdominal tenderness | Yes |
| R10..815 | Periumbilic abdominal tenderness | Yes |
| R10..816 | Epigastric abdominal tenderness | Yes |
| R10..817 | Generalized abdominal tenderness | Yes |
| R10..819 | Abdominal tenderness, unspecified site | Yes |
| R10..82 | Rebound abdominal tenderness | No |
| R10..821 | Right upper quadrant rebound abdominal tenderness | Yes |
| R10..822 | Left upper quadrant rebound abdominal tenderness | Yes |
| R10..823 | Right lower quadrant rebound abdominal tenderness | Yes |
| R10..824 | Left lower quadrant rebound abdominal tenderness | Yes |
| R10..825 | Periumbilic rebound abdominal tenderness | Yes |
| R10..826 | Epigastric rebound abdominal tenderness | Yes |
| R10..827 | Generalized rebound abdominal tenderness | Yes |
| R10..829 | Rebound abdominal tenderness, unspecified site | Yes |
| R10..83 | Colic | Yes |
| R10..84 | Generalized abdominal pain | Yes |
| R10..85 | Abdominal pain of multiple sites | Yes |
| R10..8A | Flank tenderness | No |
| R10..8A1 | Right flank tenderness | Yes |
| R10..8A2 | Left flank tenderness | Yes |
| R10..8A3 | Suprapubic tenderness | Yes |
| R10..8A9 | Flank tenderness, unspecified | Yes |
| R10..9 | Unspecified abdominal pain | Yes |
| R10..A | Pain localized to flank | No |
| R10..A0 | Flank pain, unspecified side | Yes |
| R10..A1 | Flank pain, right side | Yes |
| R10..A2 | Flank pain, left side | Yes |
| R10..A3 | Flank pain, bilateral | Yes |
Plain-language terms for this code
The following entries in the US Medical Glossary correspond to ICD-10-CM category R10:
- Abdominal Pain — Dolor abdominal
- Pelvic Pain — Dolor pélvico
Last reviewed: September 2026