R10.83 Colic

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Colic NOS
• Infantile colic

Excludes1 (never code together)

• colic in adult and child over 12 months old (R10.84)

Applies from R10 Abdominal and pelvic pain

Excludes1 (never code together)

• renal colic (N23)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• costovertebral (angle) tenderness (R39.85)
• dorsalgia (M54.-)
• flatulence and related conditions (R14.-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 391-392 in MDC 06.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 789.7 Colic

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Pediatric diagnoses (age 0 through 17): Age conflict edit. These diagnoses are clinically expected only in patients age 0 through 17.

Code annotations containing back-references to R10.83

Back-references to R10.83

• Type 1 Excludes: R68.1 Nonspecific symptoms peculiar to infancy ("colic, infantile (R10.83)")

Back-references to R10

• Type 2 Excludes: G89 Pain, not elsewhere classified ("abdomen pain (R10.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: R39.85 Costovertebral (angle) tenderness ("abdominal and pelvic pain (R10.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R52 Pain, unspecified ("abdomen pain (R10.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for R10.83

• Colic (bilious) (infantile) (intestinal) (recurrent) (spasmodic)
• Colic (bilious) (infantile) (intestinal) (recurrent) (spasmodic) › abdomen
• Cramp (s) › colic
• Pain (s) › abdominal › colic

Nearby codes

• R10.824 Left lower quadrant rebound abdominal tenderness
• R10.825 Periumbilic rebound abdominal tenderness
• R10.826 Epigastric rebound abdominal tenderness
• R10.827 Generalized rebound abdominal tenderness
• R10.829 Rebound abdominal tenderness, unspecified site
• R10.83 Colic (this code)
• R10.84 Generalized abdominal pain
• R10.85 Abdominal pain of multiple sites
• R10.8A Flank tenderness
• R10.8A1 Right flank tenderness
• R10.8A2 Left flank tenderness