Is R79.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. R79.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does R79.8 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).

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.

Risk adjustment

R79.8 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 to one of these instead R79.8

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share R79. If R79.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about R79.8

Is R79.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. R79.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does R79.8 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).