Is R70 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. R70 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does R70 sit in the tabular list?

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99), in the block Abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79).

R70

R70 — Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and abnormality of plasma viscosity

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R70 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and abnormality of plasma viscosity. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Risk adjustment

R70 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Code to one of these instead R70

2 child codes. Green means billable.

R70.0Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate
R70.1Abnormal plasma viscosity

Questions about R70

Is R70 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. R70 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does R70 sit in the tabular list?: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99), in the block Abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79).