R79.8
R79.8: Other specified abnormal findings of blood chemistry
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
R79.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified abnormal findings of blood chemistry. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R79.8
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on R79: Other abnormal findings of blood chemistry
- asymptomatic hyperuricemia (E79.0)
- hypoglycemia NOS (E16.2)
- neonatal hypoglycemia (P70.3-P70.4)
- specific findings indicating disorder of amino-acid metabolism (E70-E72)
- specific findings indicating disorder of carbohydrate metabolism (E73-E74)
- specific findings indicating disorder of lipid metabolism (E75.-)
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above R79.8
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
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 R79.8
4 child codes. Green means billable.