Diagnosis Code

R73 ELEVATED BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R73

Short Description: Elevated blood glucose level

Long Description: Elevated blood glucose level

The code R73 is NOT 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)
      • Elevated blood glucose level (R73)
        • R73 Elevated blood glucose level

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R73 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • diabetes mellitus (@E08*-@E13*)
    • diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (@O24*.-)
    • neonatal disorders (@P70.0*[email protected]*)
    • postsurgical hypoinsulinemia (@E89.1*)

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
R73.0 Abnormal glucose
R73.01 Impaired fasting glucose
R73.02 Impaired glucose tolerance (oral)
R73.03 Prediabetes
R73.09 Other abnormal glucose
R73.9 Hyperglycemia, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023