ICD-10-CM › R00-R99 › R83-R89 › R87.61 Abnormal cytological findings in... › R87.616

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 R87 Abnormal findings in specimens from female genital organs

Includes

• abnormal findings in secretion and smears from cervix uteri
• abnormal findings in secretion and smears from vagina
• abnormal findings in secretion and smears from vulva

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 > Papanicolaou > cervix > satisfactory cervical smear but lacking transformation zone

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
R87.610	Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance on cytologic smear of cervix (ASC-US)	Valid
R87.611	Atypical squamous cells cannot exclude high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of cervix (ASC-H)	Valid
R87.612	Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of cervix (LGSIL)	Valid
R87.613	High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of cervix (HGSIL)	Valid
R87.614	Cytologic evidence of malignancy on smear of cervix	Valid
R87.615	Unsatisfactory cytologic smear of cervix	Valid
R87.618	Other abnormal cytological findings on specimens from cervix uteri	Valid
R87.619	Unspecified abnormal cytological findings in specimens from cervix uteri	Valid