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Category · FY2027

R85 Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity

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R85 is not billable. The category heads 21 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 10 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • LGSIL (Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of)anus → R85.612
  • ASC-US (atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance on cytologic smear)anus → R85.610
  • ASC-H (atypical squamous cells cannot exclude high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear)anus → R85.611

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 18 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
  2. R83-R89 Abnormal findings on examination of other body fluids, substances and tissues, without diagnosis (R83-R89)
  3. R85 Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
Billable codes
21
Subdivisions
10
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
47

Codes in R85

  1. R85.0
    Abnormal level of enzymes in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
    Billable
  2. R85.1
    Abnormal level of hormones in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
    Billable
  3. R85.2
    Abnormal level of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
    Billable
  4. R85.3
    Abnormal level of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
    Billable
  5. R85.4
    Abnormal immunological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
    Billable
  6. R85.5
    Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1, Excludes1 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Positive culture findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity

    Excludes1

    • colonization status (Z22.-) Z22
  7. R85.6
    Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
    Header
  8. R85.61
    Abnormal cytologic smear of anus
    Header
    Excludes1 7, Excludes2 2

    Excludes1

    • abnormal cytological findings in specimens from other digestive organs and abdominal cavity (R85.69) R85.69
    • carcinoma in situ of anus (histologically confirmed) (D01.3) D01.3
    • anal intraepithelial neoplasia I [AIN I] (K62.82) K62.82
    • anal intraepithelial neoplasia II [AIN II] (K62.82) K62.82
    • anal intraepithelial neoplasia III [AIN III] (D01.3) D01.3
    • dysplasia (mild) (moderate) of anus (histologically confirmed) (K62.82) K62.82
    • severe dysplasia of anus (histologically confirmed) (D01.3) D01.3

    Excludes2

    • anal high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive (R85.81) R85.81
    • anal low risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive (R85.82) R85.82
  9. R85.610
    Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance on cytologic smear of anus (ASC-US)
    Billable
  10. R85.611
    Atypical squamous cells cannot exclude high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of anus (ASC-H)
    Billable
  11. R85.612
    Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of anus (LGSIL)
    Billable
  12. R85.613
    High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of anus (HGSIL)
    Billable
  13. R85.614
    Cytologic evidence of malignancy on smear of anus
    Billable
  14. R85.615
    Unsatisfactory cytologic smear of anus
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Inadequate sample of cytologic smear of anus
  15. R85.616
    Satisfactory anal smear but lacking transformation zone
    Billable
  16. R85.618
    Other abnormal cytological findings on specimens from anus
    Billable
  17. R85.619
    Unspecified abnormal cytological findings in specimens from anus
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Abnormal anal cytology NOS
    • Atypical glandular cells of anus NOS
  18. R85.69
    Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from other digestive organs and abdominal cavity
    Billable
  19. R85.7
    Abnormal histological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
    Billable
  20. R85.8
    Other abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
    Header
  21. R85.81
    Anal high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive
    Billable
    Excludes1 2

    Excludes1

    • anogenital warts due to human papillomavirus (HPV) (A63.0) A63.0
    • condyloma acuminatum (A63.0) A63.0
  22. R85.82
    Anal low risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive
    Billable
    Use additional code 1

    Use additional code

    • code for associated human papillomavirus (B97.7) B97.7
  23. R85.89
    Other abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Abnormal chromosomal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
  24. R85.9
    Unspecified abnormal finding in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At R85

Includes

  • abnormal findings in peritoneal fluid
  • abnormal findings in saliva

Excludes1

  • cloudy peritoneal dialysis effluent (R88.0) R88.0
  • fecal abnormalities (R19.5) R19.5

Notes that also apply

Block R83-R89 instructions (Excludes1 2, Excludes2 3): printed on the block page.

Chapter 18 instructions (Notes 9, Excludes2 4): printed on the chapter 18 page.

Index entries

  • ASC-US (atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance on cytologic smear)anus → R85.610
  • ASC-H (atypical squamous cells cannot exclude high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear)anus → R85.611
  • LGSIL (Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of)anus → R85.612
  • HGSIL (cytology finding) (high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear) (Pap smear finding)anus → R85.613
  • Positiveculture (nonspecific)peritoneal fluid → R85.5
  • Positiveculture (nonspecific)saliva → R85.5
  • Evidencecytologicof malignancy on anal smear → R85.614
  • Inadequate, inadequacysample of cytologic smearanus → R85.615
  • Unsatisfactorysample of cytologic smearanus → R85.615
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiescytologyanus → R85.619
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesPapanicolaou (smear)anus → R85.619
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesPapanicolaou (smear)peritoneal fluid → R85.69
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesPapanicolaou (smear)saliva → R85.69
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimendigestive organs (peritoneal fluid) (saliva) → R85.9
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimendigestive organs (peritoneal fluid) (saliva)enzyme level → R85.0
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimendigestive organs (peritoneal fluid) (saliva)hormones → R85.1
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimendigestive organs (peritoneal fluid) (saliva)drug level → R85.2
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimendigestive organs (peritoneal fluid) (saliva)nonmedicinal level → R85.3
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimendigestive organs (peritoneal fluid) (saliva)immunology → R85.4
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimendigestive organs (peritoneal fluid) (saliva)microbiology → R85.5
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiescytologyanusatypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) → R85.610
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesPapanicolaou (smear)anusatypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) → R85.610
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiescytologyanusatypical squamous cells cannot exclude high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (ASC-H) → R85.611
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesPapanicolaou (smear)anusatypical squamous cells cannot exclude high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (ASC-H) → R85.611
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiescytologyanuslow grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LGSIL) → R85.612
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesPapanicolaou (smear)anuslow grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LGSIL) → R85.612
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiescytologyanushigh grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HGSIL) → R85.613
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesPapanicolaou (smear)anushigh grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HGSIL) → R85.613
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiescytologyanuscytologic evidence of malignancy → R85.614
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesPapanicolaou (smear)anuscytologic evidence of malignancy → R85.614
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiescytologyanusinadequate smear → R85.615
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiescytologyanusunsatisfactory smear → R85.615
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesPapanicolaou (smear)anusinadequate smear → R85.615
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesPapanicolaou (smear)anusunsatisfactory smear → R85.615
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiescytologyanussatisfactory anal smear but lacking transformation zone → R85.616
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesPapanicolaou (smear)anussatisfactory anal smear but lacking transformation zone → R85.616
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiescytologyanusspecified NEC → R85.618
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesPapanicolaou (smear)anusspecified NEC → R85.618
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimendigestive organs (peritoneal fluid) (saliva)cytology → R85.69
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimendigestive organs (peritoneal fluid) (saliva)histology → R85.7

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