ICD-10-CM › R00-R99 › R90-R94 › R93 Abnormal findings on diagnostic... › R93.6

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 the R90-R94 section Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging and in function studies, without diagnosis (R90-R94)

Excludes1 - never coded here

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

Includes

• nonspecific abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging by computerized axial tomography [CAT scan]
• nonspecific abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging by magnetic resonance imaging [MRI][NMR]
• nonspecific abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging by positron emission tomography [PET scan]
• nonspecific abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging by thermography
• nonspecific abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging by ultrasound [echogram]
• nonspecific abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging by X-ray examination

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
• Thermography
• Sarcoepiplocele
• Encounter > testing
• Elevated, elevation > GFR
• X-ray > abnormal findings
• 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
• Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > echogram
• Test, tests, testing > blood-alcohol > positive
• Rupture, ruptured > nontraumatic, meaning hernia
• Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > thermography
• 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
• Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > X-ray examination
• Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > ultrasound results

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Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
R93.0	Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of skull and head, not elsewhere classified	Valid
R93.1	Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of heart and coronary circulation	Valid
R93.2	Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of liver and biliary tract	Valid
R93.3	Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other parts of digestive tract	Valid
R93.4	Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of urinary organs	Not billable
R93.5	Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other abdominal regions, including retroperitoneum	Valid
R93.7	Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other parts of musculoskeletal system	Valid
R93.8	Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other specified body structures	Not billable
R93.9	Diagnostic imaging inconclusive due to excess body fat of patient	Valid