R73.9
R73.9: Hyperglycemia, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R73.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hyperglycemia, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R73.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above R73.9
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Other codes that can never be billed with R73.9
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R73.9 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 9 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56686Billing and Coding: HbA1c
- A60204Billing and Coding: MolDX: Biomarker Testing for Risk Stratification in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis
- A60205Billing and Coding: MolDX: Biomarker Testing in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis
- A60214Billing and Coding: MolDX: Biomarker Testing for Risk Stratification in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Hyperglycemia, hyperglycemic(transient)
- Elevated, elevation›blood sugar
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›blood sugar›high
- Sugar›blood›high(transient)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.