R93.2 — Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of liver and biliary tract
R93.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of liver and biliary tract. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Nonvisualization of gallbladder
Other codes that can never be billed with R93.2
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at R93.2. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading R93.2 alone.
- K82Other diseases of gallbladder
Risk adjustment
R93.2 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.
Medicare coverage
R93.2 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies — 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
- A57414Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Diagnostic and Therapeutic)
How R93.2 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 R93.2.
- Nonvisualization, gallbladder
- Filling defect›biliary tract
- Filling defect›gallbladder
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›gallbladder, nonvisualization
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›nonvisualization of gallbladder
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›diagnostic imaging›biliary tract
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›diagnostic imaging›liver
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›scan›liver
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›radiologic›biliary tract
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›scan NEC›liver
Related codes at this level
Codes that share R93. If R93.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- R93.0Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of skull and head, not elsewhere classified
- R93.1Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of heart and coronary circulation
- R93.3Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other parts of digestive tract
- R93.4Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of urinary organs
- R93.5Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other abdominal regions, including retroperitoneum
- R93.6Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of limbs
- R93.7Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other parts of musculoskeletal system
- R93.8Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other specified body structures
- R93.9Diagnostic imaging inconclusive due to excess body fat of patient
Questions about R93.2
- Is R93.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. R93.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does R93.2 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).