Is R90.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. R90.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does R90.8 sit in the tabular list?

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99), in the block Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging and in function studies, without diagnosis (R90-R94).

R90.8

R90.8 — Other abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of central nervous system

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R90.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of central nervous system. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Risk adjustment

R90.8 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.

Code to one of these instead R90.8

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share R90. If R90.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

R90.0Intracranial space-occupying lesion found on diagnostic imaging of central nervous system

Questions about R90.8

Is R90.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. R90.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does R90.8 sit in the tabular list?: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99), in the block Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging and in function studies, without diagnosis (R90-R94).