Is R87.821 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. R87.821 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does R87.821 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).

R87.821

R87.821 — Vaginal low risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R87.821 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for vaginal low risk human papillomavirus (hpv) dna test positive. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

R87.821 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 R87.821 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 R87.821.

Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›human papillomavirus DNA test positive›vagina›low risk
Human›papillomavirus›DNA test positive›low risk›vagina
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›specimen›female genital organs›cytology›vagina›human papillomavirus DNA test›low risk positive

Related codes at this level

Codes that share R87.82. If R87.821 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

R87.820Cervical low risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive

Questions about R87.821

Is R87.821 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. R87.821 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does R87.821 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).