Diagnosis Code

R73.0 ABNORMAL GLUCOSE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R73.0

Short Description: Abnormal glucose

Long Description: Abnormal glucose

The code R73.0 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)
        • R73.0 Abnormal glucose

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R73.0 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • abnormal glucose in pregnancy (@O99.81*-)
    • diabetes mellitus (@E08*-@E13*)
    • dysmetabolic syndrome X (@E88.81*-)
    • gestational diabetes (@O24.4*-)
    • glycosuria (@R81*)
    • hypoglycemia (@E16.2*)

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
R73 Elevated blood glucose level
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