R79.9 ABNORMAL FINDING OF BLOOD CHEMISTRY, UNSPECIFIED

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R79.9
Short Description: Abnormal finding of blood chemistry, unspecified
Long Description: Abnormal finding of blood chemistry, unspecified
Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

The code R79.9 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

Abnormal blood test
Blood chemistry outside reference range
Blood substance level above reference range
Blood substance level below reference range
Finding of vitamin B12 level
Full blood count outside reference range
Hematology test outside reference range
Serum chloride level outside reference range
Serum electrolyte levels - finding
Vitamin B12 level below reference range

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R79.9 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
R79.9		790.6	Abn blood chemistry NEC

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
R79.82	Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP)
R79.83	Abnormal findings of blood amino-acid level
R79.89	Other specified abnormal findings of blood chemistry

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

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