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Category · FY2027

R89 Abnormal findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues

  • Header · not billable

R89 is not billable. The category heads 10 billable codes in FY2027: the 10 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Mallory's bodies → R89.7
  • Infiltrate, infiltrationcalcium salt → R89.7
  • Infiltrate, infiltrationcalcareous NEC → R89.7

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. R89 Abnormal findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues
Billable codes
10
Subdivisions
10
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
28

Codes in R89

  1. R89.0
    Abnormal level of enzymes in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues
    Billable
  2. R89.1
    Abnormal level of hormones in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues
    Billable
  3. R89.2
    Abnormal level of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues
    Billable
  4. R89.3
    Abnormal level of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues
    Billable
  5. R89.4
    Abnormal immunological findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues
    Billable
  6. R89.5
    Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1, Excludes1 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Positive culture findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues

    Excludes1

    • colonization status (Z22.-) Z22
  7. R89.6
    Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues
    Billable
  8. R89.7
    Abnormal histological findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues
    Billable
  9. R89.8
    Other abnormal findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Abnormal chromosomal findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues
  10. R89.9
    Unspecified abnormal finding in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At R89

Includes

  • abnormal findings in nipple discharge
  • abnormal findings in synovial fluid
  • abnormal findings in wound secretions

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

  • Mallory's bodies → R89.7
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesimmunological findings → R89.4
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitieshistology NEC → R89.7
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesmyoglobin (Aberdeen) (Annapolis) → R89.7
  • Infiltrate, infiltrationcalcareous NEC → R89.7
  • Infiltrate, infiltrationcalcium salt → R89.7
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitieskaryotype → R89.8
  • Positiveculture (nonspecific)nipple discharge → R89.5
  • Positiveculture (nonspecific)synovial fluid → R89.5
  • Positiveculture (nonspecific)wound secretions → R89.5
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesPapanicolaou (smear)nipple discharge → R89.6
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesPapanicolaou (smear)sites NEC → R89.6
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesPapanicolaou (smear)synovial fluid → R89.6
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesPapanicolaou (smear)wound secretions → R89.6
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitieschromosome, chromosomalanalysis result → R89.8
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimenspecified organ, system and tissue NOS → R89.9
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimenspecified organ, system and tissue NOSenzyme level → R89.0
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimenspecified organ, system and tissue NOShormones → R89.1
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimenspecified organ, system and tissue NOSdrug level → R89.2
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimenspecified organ, system and tissue NOSnonmedicinal level → R89.3
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimenspecified organ, system and tissue NOSimmunology → R89.4
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimenspecified organ, system and tissue NOSmicrobiology → R89.5
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimenspecified organ, system and tissue NOScytology → R89.6
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimenspecified organ, system and tissue NOShistology → R89.7
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitieschromosome, chromosomalanalysis resultnipple discharge → R89.8
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitieschromosome, chromosomalanalysis resultsynovial fluid → R89.8
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitieschromosome, chromosomalanalysis resultwound secretions → R89.8
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalitiesspecimenspecified organ, system and tissue NOSspecified type NEC → R89.8

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