R93.6 — Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of limbs
R93.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of limbs. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- abnormal finding in skin and subcutaneous tissue (R93.8-)
Risk adjustment
R93.6 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
R93.6 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56767Billing and Coding: Heavy Metal Testing
- A56775Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Angiography
How R93.6 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 R93.6.
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›diagnostic imaging›limbs
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis›radiologic›musculoskeletal›limbs
Related codes at this level
Codes that share R93. If R93.6 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
- R93.2Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of liver and biliary tract
- 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
- R93.7Abnormal 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 R93.6
- Is R93.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. R93.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does R93.6 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).