R71.8
R71.8: Other abnormality of red blood cells
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R71.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other abnormality of red blood cells. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R71.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Abnormal red-cell morphology NOS
- Abnormal red-cell volume NOS
- Anisocytosis
- Poikilocytosis
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R71.8
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on R71: Abnormality of red blood cells
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R71.8 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56767Billing and Coding: Heavy Metal Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Anisocytosis
- Poikilocytosis
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›red blood cell(s) (morphology) (volume)
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›anisocytosis
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›poikilocytosis
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›red blood cell(count) (morphology) (sickling) (volume)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.