R10.2
Header — not billablePelvic and perineal pain
The ICD-10 code for pelvic and perineal pain is R10.2.
R10.2 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 5 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- vulvodynia (N94.81)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- R10.0Acute abdomen
- R10.1Pain localized to upper abdomennon-billable header
- R10.3Pain localized to other parts of lower abdomennon-billable header
- R10.8Other abdominal painnon-billable header
- R10.9Unspecified abdominal pain
- R10.APain localized to flanknon-billable header
- R10.2Pelvic and perineal painnon-billable header
ICD-9-CM equivalent
Informational only — GEM mappings are approximate, not guaranteed one-to-one equivalents. Verify before use in billing.
- 6089Approximate match
- 6259Approximate match
- 78909Approximate match