R85.89 — Other abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
R85.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Abnormal chromosomal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
Risk adjustment
R85.89 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 R85.89 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 R85.89.
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›chromosome, chromosomal›analysis result›peritoneal fluid
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›chromosome, chromosomal›analysis result›saliva
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›specimen›digestive organs›specified type NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share R85.8. If R85.89 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about R85.89
- Is R85.89 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. R85.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does R85.89 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).