R73.0

R73.0: Abnormal glucose

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R73.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for abnormal glucose. 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.

abnormal glucose in pregnancy (O99.81-)
diabetes mellitus (E08-E13)
dysmetabolic syndrome X (E88.81-)
gestational diabetes (O24.4-)
glycosuria (R81)
hypoglycemia (E16.2)
type 1 diabetes mellitus, presymptomatic (E10.A-)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R73.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R73: Elevated blood glucose level

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

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 R73.0

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under R73

R73.9Hyperglycemia, unspecified