R85.69

R85.69: Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from other digestive organs and abdominal cavity

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R85.69 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for abnormal cytological findings in specimens from other digestive organs and abdominal cavity. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check R85.69 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R85.69

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 R85.69

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

R85.61Abnormal cytologic smear of anus

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›Papanicolaou›peritoneal fluid
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›Papanicolaou›saliva
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›specimen›digestive organs›cytology

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under R85.6

R85.61Abnormal cytologic smear of anus