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R73.0

R73.0Abnormal 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

These are not written on R73.0, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing R73.0 with anything listed here is a denial.

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

R73.0 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 history

R73.0 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead R73.0

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share R73. If R73.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about R73.0

Is R73.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
No. R73.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does R73.0 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 R73.0?
R73.0 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above R73.0 (R73) and apply to it just the same.
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.