R85.8

R85.8: Other abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R85.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other abnormal 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 R85.8

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)

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 R85.8

3 child codes. Green means billable.

R85.81Anal high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive
R85.82Anal low risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive
R85.89Other abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity

Other codes under R85

R85.0Abnormal level of enzymes in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
R85.1Abnormal level of hormones in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
R85.2Abnormal level of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
R85.3Abnormal level of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
R85.4Abnormal immunological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
R85.5Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
R85.6Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
R85.7Abnormal histological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
R85.9Unspecified abnormal finding in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity