ICD-10-CM Code R73
Elevated blood glucose level
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 R73 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of R73 that describes the diagnosis 'elevated blood glucose level' in more detail.
- R73 Elevated blood glucose level NON-BILLABLE
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- R73.01 Impaired fasting glucose BILLABLE
- R73.02 Impaired glucose tolerance (oral) BILLABLE
- R73.09 Other abnormal glucose BILLABLE
- BILLABLE R73.9 Hyperglycemia, unspecified
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Coding Notes for R73 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." - Diabetes mellitus - instead, use Section E08-E13
- Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - instead, use code O24.-
- Neonatal disorders (P70.0-P70.2) - instead, use code P70.0-
- Postsurgical hypoinsulinemia - instead, use code E89.1
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'R73 - Elevated blood glucose level'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code R73. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.