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R85

Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:

  • R85.0 Abnormal level of enzymes in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
  • R85.1 Abnormal level of hormones in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
  • R85.2 Abnormal level of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
  • R85.3 Abnormal level of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
  • R85.4 Abnormal immunological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
  • R85.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
  • R85.6 Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity (also a header)
  • R85.7 Abnormal histological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
  • R85.8 Other abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity (also a header)
  • R85.9 Unspecified abnormal finding in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • cloudy peritoneal dialysis effluent (R88.0)
  • fecal abnormalities (R19.5)

Includes

  • abnormal findings in peritoneal fluid
  • abnormal findings in saliva

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.-)