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ICD-10-CM Code for Costovertebral (angle) tenderness R39.85

ICD-10 code R39.85 for Costovertebral (angle) tenderness is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .

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Costovertebral (angle) tenderness
Excludes2: abdominal and pelvic pain (R10.-)
 
R39.85 Costovertebral (angle) tenderness
Child Code
Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, right side
Child Code
Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, left side
Child Code
Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, bilateral
Child Code
Costovertebral (angle) tenderness, unspecified side

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