Is R93.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. R93.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does R93.3 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).

R93.3

R93.3 — Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other parts of digestive tract

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R93.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other parts of digestive tract. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

R93.3 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

R93.3 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies — 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A55937Billing and Coding: Diagnostic Colonoscopy
A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
A56394Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy-Diagnostic
A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis

How R93.3 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 R93.3.

Filling defect›duodenum
Filling defect›gastrointestinal tract
Filling defect›intestine
Filling defect›stomach
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›diagnostic imaging›digestive tract NEC
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›diagnostic imaging›gastrointestinal(tract)
Defect, defective›filling›stomach
Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›radiologic›gastrointestinal tract

Related codes at this level

Codes that share R93. If R93.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about R93.3

Is R93.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. R93.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does R93.3 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).