R79.89
R79.89: Other specified abnormal findings of blood chemistry
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R79.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified abnormal findings of blood chemistry. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R79.89 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above R79.89
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 R79.89
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.
Medicare coverage
R79.89 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies: 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56423Billing and Coding: Cardiology Non-emergent Outpatient Stress Testing
- A56531Billing and Coding: Octreotide Acetate for Injectable Suspension (Sandostatin® LAR Depot)
- A56686Billing and Coding: HbA1c
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Acetonemia
- Azotemia
- Melanemia
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›liver function test
- Elevated, elevation›troponin
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›liver function test
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›chemistry, blood›specified NEC
- Elevated, elevation›liver function›test
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.