R73

R73: Elevated blood glucose level

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R73 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for elevated blood glucose level. 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.

diabetes mellitus (E08-E13)
diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O24.-)
neonatal disorders (P70.0-P70.2)
postsurgical hypoinsulinemia (E89.1)

Other codes that can never be billed with R73

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

E10Type 1 diabetes mellitus
E89.1Postprocedural hypoinsulinemia

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead R73

2 child codes. Green means billable.

R73.0Abnormal glucose
R73.9Hyperglycemia, unspecified