R82.998
R82.998 — Other abnormal findings in urine
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R82.998 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other abnormal findings in urine. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Cells and casts in urine
- Crystalluria
- Melanuria
Risk adjustment
R82.998 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.
How R82.998 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to R82.998.
- Casts in urine
- Crystalluria
- Cylindruria
- Lithuria
- Melanuria
- Uricosuria
- Cell, cellular›in urine
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›casts, urine
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›cells, urine
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›crystals, urine
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›electrolyte level, urinary
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›melanin, urine
Related codes at this level
Codes that share R82.99. If R82.998 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about R82.998
- Is R82.998 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. R82.998 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does R82.998 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 urine, without diagnosis (R80-R82).