Is R84 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. R84 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does R84 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 other body fluids, substances and tissues, without diagnosis (R83-R89).

What cannot be coded together with R84?

R84 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

R84

R84 — Abnormal findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R84 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for abnormal findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

blood-stained sputum (R04.2)

Includes

Conditions this code covers.

abnormal findings in bronchial washings
abnormal findings in nasal secretions
abnormal findings in pleural fluid
abnormal findings in sputum
abnormal findings in throat scrapings

Risk adjustment

R84 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 R84

10 child codes. Green means billable.

Questions about R84

Is R84 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. R84 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does R84 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 other body fluids, substances and tissues, without diagnosis (R83-R89).
What cannot be coded together with R84?: R84 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.