R86.8
R86.8 — Other abnormal findings in specimens from male genital organs
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R86.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other abnormal findings in specimens from male genital organs. 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 male genital organs
Risk adjustment
R86.8 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 R86.8 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 R86.8.
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›chromosome, chromosomal›analysis result›prostatic secretions
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›chromosome, chromosomal›analysis result›seminal fluid
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›specimen›male genital organs›specified type NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share R86. If R86.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- R86.0Abnormal level of enzymes in specimens from male genital organs
- R86.1Abnormal level of hormones in specimens from male genital organs
- R86.2Abnormal level of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances in specimens from male genital organs
- R86.3Abnormal level of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source in specimens from male genital organs
- R86.4Abnormal immunological findings in specimens from male genital organs
- R86.5Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from male genital organs
- R86.6Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from male genital organs
- R86.7Abnormal histological findings in specimens from male genital organs
- R86.9Unspecified abnormal finding in specimens from male genital organs
Questions about R86.8
- Is R86.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. R86.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does R86.8 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).