ICD-10-CM › R00-R99 › R70-R79 › R74.0 Nonspecific elevation of levels of... › R74.02

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2021 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from the R70-R79 section Abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79)

Excludes2 - not included here

• abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-)
• abnormalities of lipids (E78.-)
• abnormalities of platelets and thrombocytes (D69.-)
• abnormalities of white blood cells classified elsewhere (D70-D72)
• coagulation hemorrhagic disorders (D65-D68)
• diagnostic abnormal findings classified elsewhere - see Alphabetical Index
• hemorrhagic and hematological disorders of newborn (P50-P61)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

• Raised
• Encounter > testing
• Elevated, elevation > GFR
• Test, tests, testing > blood-drug > positive
• Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > finding
• Test, tests, testing > blood-alcohol > positive
• Elevated, elevation > finding on laboratory examination
• Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > liver function test
• Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > chemistry, blood > drugs
• Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > chemistry, blood > toxins
• Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis > liver function test
• Elevated, elevation > lactic acid dehydrogenase level
• Elevated, elevation > liver function > test > lactate dehydrogenase
• Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis > lactic acid dehydrogenase

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
R74.01	Elevation of levels of liver transaminase levels	Valid