R85.6

R85.6: Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R85.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for abnormal cytological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R85.6

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R85: Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity

cloudy peritoneal dialysis effluent (R88.0)
fecal abnormalities (R19.5)

Other codes that can never be billed with R85.6

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

K62.82Dysplasia of anus
R85.61Abnormal cytologic smear of anus

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead R85.6

2 child codes. Green means billable.