ICD-10-CM › R00-R99 › R83-R89 › R85.61 Abnormal cytologic smear of anus › R85.618

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

Valid FY2016 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 R85 Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity

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.-)

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 > chemistry, blood > drugs
• Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > chemistry, blood > toxins
• Strangulation, strangulated > stomach due to hernia > with gangrene
• Strangulation, strangulated > intestine > with hernia > with gangrene
• Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > cytology > female genital organs
• Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > cytology > anus > specified NEC
• Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > Papanicolaou > anus > specified NEC

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
R85.610	Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance on cytologic smear of anus (ASC-US)	Valid
R85.611	Atypical squamous cells cannot exclude high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of anus (ASC-H)	Valid
R85.612	Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of anus (LGSIL)	Valid
R85.613	High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of anus (HGSIL)	Valid
R85.614	Cytologic evidence of malignancy on smear of anus	Valid
R85.615	Unsatisfactory cytologic smear of anus	Valid
R85.616	Satisfactory anal smear but lacking transformation zone	Valid
R85.619	Unspecified abnormal cytological findings in specimens from anus	Valid