ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R39.852
Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, left side
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R39.852
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- Category
- R39 — Other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system
- Specificity
- 6 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R39.852 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of costovertebral (angle) tenderness, left side. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in R39
- R39Other and unspecified symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system
- R39.0Extravasation of urine
- R39.1Other difficulties with micturition
- R39.11Hesitancy of micturition
- R39.12Poor urinary stream
- R39.13Splitting of urinary stream
- R39.14Feeling of incomplete bladder emptying
- R39.15Urgency of urination
- R39.16Straining to void
- R39.19Other difficulties with micturition
- R39.191Need to immediately re-void
- R39.192Position dependent micturition
- R39.198Other difficulties with micturition
- R39.2Extrarenal uremia
- R39.8Other symptoms and signs involving the genitourinary system
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