Finding of unspecified substance, not normally found in blood

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Finding of unspecified substance, not normally found in blood

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 R78 Findings of drugs and other substances, not normally found in blood

Excludes2 - not included here

mental or behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19)

Use additional code

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

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
Herniation
Sarcoepiplocele
Encounter > testing
Elevated, elevation > GFR
Gangrene, gangrenous > hernia
Hernia, hernial > irreducible
Hernia, hernial > obstructive
Hernia, hernial > incarcerated
Hernia, hernial > strangulated
Rupture, ruptured > obstructed
Hernia, hernial > with > gangrene
Hernia, hernial > with > irreducible
Hernia, hernial > with > obstruction
Incarceration, incarcerated > hernia
Strangulation, strangulated > hernia
Incarceration, incarcerated > rupture
Strangulation, strangulated > rupture
Hernia, hernial > with > incarceration
Hernia, hernial > with > strangulation
Hernia, hernial > intestine, intestinal
Test, tests, testing > blood-drug > positive
Hernia, hernial > irreducible > with gangrene
Hernia, hernial > obstructive > with gangrene
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > finding
Hernia, hernial > incarcerated > with gangrene
Hernia, hernial > strangulated > with gangrene
Test, tests, testing > blood-alcohol > positive
Rupture, ruptured > nontraumatic, meaning hernia
Strangulation, strangulated > stomach due to hernia
Incarceration, incarcerated > hernia > with gangrene
Strangulation, strangulated > hernia > with gangrene
Strangulation, strangulated > intestine > with hernia
Elevated, elevation > finding on laboratory examination
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > fecal > with hernia
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > chemistry, blood > drugs
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > chemistry, blood > toxins
Strangulation, strangulated > stomach due to hernia > with gangrene
Strangulation, strangulated > intestine > with hernia > with gangrene
Blood > constituents, abnormal

Showing 40 of 42 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
R78.0	Finding of alcohol in blood	Valid
R78.1	Finding of opiate drug in blood	Valid
R78.2	Finding of cocaine in blood	Valid
R78.3	Finding of hallucinogen in blood	Valid
R78.4	Finding of other drugs of addictive potential in blood	Valid
R78.5	Finding of other psychotropic drug in blood	Valid
R78.6	Finding of steroid agent in blood	Valid
R78.7	Finding of abnormal level of heavy metals in blood	Not billable
R78.8	Finding of other specified substances, not normally found in blood	Not billable