Is R71 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. R71 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does R71 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).

What cannot be coded together with R71?

R71 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

R71

R71 — Abnormality of red blood cells

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R71 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for abnormality of red blood cells. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

anemias (D50-D64)
anemia of premature infant (P61.2)
benign (familial) polycythemia (D75.0)
congenital anemias (P61.2-P61.4)
newborn anemia due to isoimmunization (P55.-)
polycythemia neonatorum (P61.1)
polycythemia NOS (D75.1)
polycythemia vera (D45)
secondary polycythemia (D75.1)

Risk adjustment

R71 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 R71

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Questions about R71

Is R71 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. R71 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does R71 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).
What cannot be coded together with R71?: R71 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.