R68.89
Read this short guide to learn about the ICD-10 code R68.89 – Other general symptoms and signs.
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R68.89 Diagnosis Code: Other general symptoms and signs
The ICD-10 R68.89 diagnosis code designates Other general symptoms and signs. This code is part of a group that designates specific symptoms.
There are specific ICD-10 codes for the following symptoms:
- Early satiety (feeling full even if the meal was small)
- Decreased libido
- Chills without fever
- Jaw pain
If you’re handling a patient with general symptoms and signs other than those listed above, this is the ICD-10 code you want to use. Other general symptoms and signs include the following:
- Body odor problems
- Difficulty lifting
- Feels hot and sweaty
- Low motivation
- Red right eye
- Rubs eyes excessively
- Sickly appearance of the face
- Absence of vital signs
Please note that this ICD-10 code isn’t valid as a principal diagnosis because it’s only meant to designate symptoms, not specific medical problems.
Is R68.89 billable?
Yes. This ICD-10 code is valid (in general, but not as a principal diagnosis) and billable.
Clinical information about signs and symptoms:
During medical conditions, healthcare professionals will take a look at a patient’s signs and symptoms as they go about determining what their medical problem is. Signs and symptoms are not the same, but they are easily conflated.
Healthcare professionals can observe and measure signs as they examine their patients. These are not subject to a patient’s interpretations. Examples of signs include:
- High body temperature
- High or low blood pressure
- Swelling
- Edema
- Bruises
- Abnormal heart rhythm
- Rapid heartbeats
- Abnormalities detected by imaging tests
- Abnormal laboratory findings
Symptoms are what the patients report to healthcare professionals. Unlike signs, healthcare professionals can’t observe or measure these. Examples of symptoms include:
- Pain in the lower back
- Headaches
- Feeling dizzy
- Blurry vision
- Nausea
- Feeling fatigued
Signs and symptoms are essential to healthcare professionals because they consider them during diagnostic processes and when making treatment plans.
Synonyms include:
- Signs
- Symptoms
- General signs
- General symptoms
- Symptom aggravating factors
- Symptom findings in relation to frequency
- Symptom findings in relation to start time
- Symptom findings in relation to time lasts
- Symptom has changed
- Symptom is continuous
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Other ICD-10 codes commonly used for general symptoms and signs:
- R68.81 - Early satiety
- R68.82 - Decreased libido
- R68.83 - Chills (without fever)
- R68.84 - Jaw pain
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