Diagnosis Code: R78.9

Short Description: Finding of unsp substance, not normally found in blood

Long Description: Finding of unspecified substance, not normally found in blood

The code R78.9 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)
    • Find of drugs and oth substnc, not normally found in blood (R78)
      • R78.9 Finding of unsp substance, not normally found in blood

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM

Synonyms

• Medication serum levels outside of reference range

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R78.9 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)

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

Crosswalk Information

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

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