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R82.81

R82.81: Pyuria

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R82.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for pyuria. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Sterile pyuria

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above R82.81

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on R82: Other and unspecified abnormal findings in urine

  • hematuria (R31.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with R82.81

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • N39.0Urinary tract infection, site not specified

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Pyuria(bacterial) (sterile)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under R82.8

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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