R11 Nausea and vomiting

Category / Non-billable header 10 subcodes

Block: Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • cyclical vomiting associated with migraine (G43.A-)
  • excessive vomiting in pregnancy (O21.-)
  • hematemesis (K92.0)
  • neonatal hematemesis (P54.0)
  • newborn vomiting (P92.0-)
  • psychogenic vomiting (F50.89)
  • vomiting associated with bulimia nervosa (F50.2-)
  • vomiting following gastrointestinal surgery (K91.0)

Subcodes

Subcodes are listed below for reference. Detail pages are not available for chapters 11–22.

Code Description Billable
R11..0 Nausea Yes
R11..1 Vomiting No
R11..10 Vomiting, unspecified Yes
R11..11 Vomiting without nausea Yes
R11..12 Projectile vomiting Yes
R11..13 Vomiting of fecal matter Yes
R11..14 Bilious vomiting Yes
R11..15 Cyclical vomiting syndrome unrelated to migraine Yes
R11..16 Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome Yes
R11..2 Nausea with vomiting, unspecified Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026