Is R85.82 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. R85.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does R85.82 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).

R85.82

R85.82 — Anal low risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R85.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for anal low risk human papillomavirus (hpv) dna test positive. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

code for associated human papillomavirus (B97.7)

Risk adjustment

R85.82 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.

How R85.82 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to R85.82.

Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›cytology›anus›human papillomavirus DNA test›low risk positive
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›Papanicolaou›anus›human papillomavirus DNA test›low risk positive

Related codes at this level

Codes that share R85.8. If R85.82 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about R85.82

Is R85.82 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. R85.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does R85.82 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).