Billable Medical Code for Abdominal Pain, Right Lower Quadrant
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 789.03
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 789.03.
The Short Description Is: Abdmnal pain rt lwr quad.
Known As
Right lower quadrant pain is also known as abdominal pain right lower, abdominal pain RLQ, right lower quadrant pain, and RLQ abdominal pain.
Right Lower Quadrant Pain Definition and Symptoms
Right lower quadrant pain is pain in the lower right part of the abdomen. This term is used to allow doctors to localize pain in patients. Symptoms include loss of appetite, constipation, fever, and pain in the lower right part of the abdomen.