R87.629
R87.629 — Unspecified abnormal cytological findings in specimens from vagina
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R87.629 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified abnormal cytological findings in specimens from vagina. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Abnormal Papanicolaou smear of vagina NOS
- Abnormal thin preparation smear of vagina NOS
- Abnormal vaginal cytology NOS
- Atypical endocervical cells of vagina NOS
- Atypical endometrial cells of vagina NOS
- Atypical glandular cells of vagina NOS
Risk adjustment
R87.629 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 R87.629 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 R87.629.
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›Papanicolaou›vagina
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›specimen›vagina(secretion) (smear)
- Atypical, atypism›cells›vagina
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›Papanicolaou›vagina›thin preparation
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›specimen›female genital organs›cytology›vagina
Related codes at this level
Codes that share R87.62. If R87.629 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- R87.620Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance on cytologic smear of vagina (ASC-US)
- R87.621Atypical squamous cells cannot exclude high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of vagina (ASC-H)
- R87.622Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of vagina (LGSIL)
- R87.623High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of vagina (HGSIL)
- R87.624Cytologic evidence of malignancy on smear of vagina
- R87.625Unsatisfactory cytologic smear of vagina
- R87.628Other abnormal cytological findings on specimens from vagina
Questions about R87.629
- Is R87.629 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. R87.629 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does R87.629 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).