R79.82 ELEVATED C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (CRP)

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R79.82
Short Description: Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP)
Long Description: Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP)
Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

The code R79.82 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
- Abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79)
  - Other abnormal findings of blood chemistry (R79)

Synonyms

C-reactive protein above reference range
C-reactive protein outside reference range

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R79.82 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) MS-DRG V42.0

Signs And Symptoms With Mcc (947)
Signs And Symptoms Without Mcc (948)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code		ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
R79.82		790.95	Elev C-reactive protein

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
R79	Other abnormal findings of blood chemistry
R79.0	Abnormal level of blood mineral
R79.1	Abnormal coagulation profile
R79.8	Other specified abnormal findings of blood chemistry
R79.81	Abnormal blood-gas level
R79.83	Abnormal findings of blood amino-acid level
R79.89	Other specified abnormal findings of blood chemistry
R79.9	Abnormal finding of blood chemistry, unspecified

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2024

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