R84.6
R84.6: Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R84.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for abnormal cytological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R84.6 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberRisk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R84.6 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57689Billing and Coding: Lab: Flow Cytometry
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›Papanicolaou›bronchial washings
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›Papanicolaou›nasal secretions
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›Papanicolaou›pleural fluid
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›Papanicolaou›sputum
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›Papanicolaou›throat scrapings
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›specimen›respiratory organs›cytology
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under R84
- R84.0Abnormal level of enzymes in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- R84.1Abnormal level of hormones in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- R84.2Abnormal level of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- R84.3Abnormal level of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- R84.4Abnormal immunological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- R84.5Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- R84.7Abnormal histological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- R84.8Other abnormal findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- R84.9Unspecified abnormal finding in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax