ICD-10-CM Code R71
Abnormality of red blood cells
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code R71 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of R71 that describes the diagnosis 'abnormality of red blood cells' in more detail.
- R71 Abnormality of red blood cells NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code R71 is used to code Anisocytosis
Anisocytosis is a medical term meaning that a patient's red blood cells are of unequal size. This is commonly found in anemia and other blood conditions. False diagnostic flagging may be triggered by an elevated WBC count, agglutinated RBCs, RBC fragments, giant platelets or platelet clumps. In addition, it is a characteristic feature of bovine blood.
ICD 9 Code: | 790.09 |
Coding Notes for R71 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Anemias - instead, use Section D50-D64
- Anemia of premature infant - instead, use code P61.2
- Benign (familial) polycythemia - instead, use code D75.0
- Congenital anemias (P61.2-P61.4) - instead, use code P61.2-
- Newborn anemia due to isoimmunization - instead, use code P55.-
- Polycythemia neonatorum - instead, use code P61.1
- Polycythemia NOS - instead, use code D75.1
- Polycythemia vera - instead, use Code D45
- Secondary polycythemia - instead, use code D75.1
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'R71 - Abnormality of red blood cells'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code R71. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.