ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R68.83
Chills (without fever)
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R68.83
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- Category
- R68 — Other general symptoms and signs
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R68.83 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of chills (without fever). 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 R68
- R68Other general symptoms and signs
- R68.0Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature
- R68.1Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy
- R68.11Excessive crying of infant (baby)
- R68.12Fussy infant (baby)
- R68.13Apparent life threatening event in infant (ALTE)
- R68.19Other nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy
- R68.2Dry mouth, unspecified
- R68.3Clubbing of fingers
- R68.8Other general symptoms and signs
- R68.81Early satiety
- R68.82Decreased libido
- R68.84Jaw pain
- R68.89Other general symptoms and signs
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