Abnormal microbiological findings in cerebrospinal fluid

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 Abnormal microbiological findings in cerebrospinal fluid

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 R83-R89 section Abnormal findings on examination of other body fluids, substances and tissues, without diagnosis (R83-R89)

Excludes1 - never coded here

abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-)
diagnostic abnormal findings classified elsewhere - see Alphabetical Index

Excludes2 - not included here

abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79)
abnormal findings on examination of urine, without diagnosis (R80-R82)
abnormal tumor markers (R97.-)

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.

Herniation
Sarcoepiplocele
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 > fluid > cerebrospinal
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
Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis > culture > positive
Positive > culture > cerebrospinal fluid

Showing 40 of 41 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
R83.0	Abnormal level of enzymes in cerebrospinal fluid	Valid
R83.1	Abnormal level of hormones in cerebrospinal fluid	Valid
R83.2	Abnormal level of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances in cerebrospinal fluid	Valid
R83.3	Abnormal level of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source in cerebrospinal fluid	Valid
R83.4	Abnormal immunological findings in cerebrospinal fluid	Valid
R83.6	Abnormal cytological findings in cerebrospinal fluid	Valid
R83.8	Other abnormal findings in cerebrospinal fluid	Valid
R83.9	Unspecified abnormal finding in cerebrospinal fluid	Valid