Is R87.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. R87.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does R87.7 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).

What cannot be coded together with R87.7?

R87.7 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

R87.7

R87.7 — Abnormal histological findings in specimens from female genital organs

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R87.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for abnormal histological findings in specimens from female genital organs. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

carcinoma in situ (histologically confirmed) of female genital organs (D06-D07.3)
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.-)
dysplasia (mild) (moderate) of vagina (histologically confirmed) (N89.-)
vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia I [VAIN I] (N89.0)
vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia II [VAIN II] (N89.1)
vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia III [VAIN III] (D07.2)
severe dysplasia of cervix uteri (histologically confirmed) (D06.-)
severe dysplasia of vagina (histologically confirmed) (D07.2)

Risk adjustment

R87.7 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 R87.7 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 R87.7.

Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›specimen›female genital organs›histological

Related codes at this level

Codes that share R87. If R87.7 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about R87.7

Is R87.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. R87.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does R87.7 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).
What cannot be coded together with R87.7?: R87.7 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.