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R11.14

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Bilious vomiting

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

Expulsion of bile (greenish digestive fluid) through the mouth, indicating stomach contents are being expelled from below the bile duct opening.

Coding Tips

  • •Bilious vomiting suggests bowel obstruction distal to the bile duct opening; investigate and code the underlying obstruction
  • •This finding is clinically significant and warrants imaging studies to identify the cause

Code Hierarchy

└R11Nausea and vomiting└R11.1Vomiting└R11.14Bilious vomiting
└R11.14Bilious vomiting

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