R87.615
R87.615: Unsatisfactory cytologic smear of cervix
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R87.615 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unsatisfactory cytologic smear of cervix. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R87.615 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Inadequate sample of cytologic smear of cervix
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R87.615
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on R87.61: Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from cervix uteri
- abnormal cytological findings in specimens from other female genital organs (R87.69)
- abnormal cytological findings in specimens from vagina (R87.62-)
- carcinoma in situ of cervix uteri (histologically confirmed) (D06.-)
- cervical intraepithelial neoplasia I [CIN I] (N87.0)
- cervical intraepithelial neoplasia II [CIN II] (N87.1)
- cervical intraepithelial neoplasia III [CIN III] (D06.-)
- dysplasia (mild) (moderate) of cervix uteri (histologically confirmed) (N87.-)
- severe dysplasia of cervix uteri (histologically confirmed) (D06.-)
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above R87.615
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Inadequate, inadequacy›sample of cytologic smear›cervix
- Unsatisfactory›sample of cytologic smear›cervix
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›Papanicolaou›cervix›inadequate smear
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›Papanicolaou›cervix›unsatisfactory smear
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›specimen›female genital organs›cytology›cervix›inadequate smear(unsatisfactory)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under R87.61
- R87.610Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance on cytologic smear of cervix (ASC-US)
- R87.611Atypical squamous cells cannot exclude high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of cervix (ASC-H)
- R87.612Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of cervix (LGSIL)
- R87.613High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of cervix (HGSIL)
- R87.614Cytologic evidence of malignancy on smear of cervix
- R87.616Satisfactory cervical smear but lacking transformation zone
- R87.618Other abnormal cytological findings on specimens from cervix uteri
- R87.619Unspecified abnormal cytological findings in specimens from cervix uteri