Is R87.89 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. R87.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does R87.89 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).

R87.89

R87.89 — Other abnormal findings in specimens from female genital organs

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R87.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other abnormal findings in specimens from female 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 female genital organs

Risk adjustment

R87.89 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 R87.89 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 R87.89.

Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›chromosome, chromosomal›analysis result›cervix uteri NEC
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›chromosome, chromosomal›analysis result›vagina
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›chromosome, chromosomal›analysis result›vulva
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›specimen›female genital organs›specified type NEC

Related codes at this level

Codes that share R87.8. If R87.89 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about R87.89

Is R87.89 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. R87.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does R87.89 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).