ICD-10-CM Code R84
Abnormal findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
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 R84 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the ten child codes of R84 that describes the diagnosis 'abnormal findings in specimens from resp org/thrx' in more detail.
- R84 Abnormal findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE R84.0 Abnormal level of enzymes in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- BILLABLE R84.1 Abnormal level of hormones in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- BILLABLE R84.2 Abnormal level of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- BILLABLE R84.3 Abnormal level of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- BILLABLE R84.4 Abnormal immunological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- BILLABLE R84.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- BILLABLE R84.6 Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- BILLABLE R84.7 Abnormal histological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- BILLABLE R84.8 Other abnormal findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
- BILLABLE R84.9 Unspecified abnormal finding in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
Coding Notes for R84 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section. - Abnormal findings in bronchial washings
- Abnormal findings in nasal secretions
- Abnormal findings in pleural fluid
- Abnormal findings in sputum
- Abnormal findings in throat scrapings
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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." - Blood-stained sputum - instead, use code R04.2
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'R84 - Abnormal findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax'
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