Findings of drugs and other substances, not normally found in blood - R78
Use Additional Code: This note indicates that an additional code should be used in conjunction with the primary code "R78" to provide a complete picture of the patient's condition or to capture associated factors.
Use Additional:
- code to identify the any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.
Type 1 Excludes:
- mental or behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19)
These ranges represents subcategories of Findings of drugs and other substances, not normally found in blood. The "R78" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- R78.0 - Finding of alcohol in blood
- R78.1 - Finding of opiate drug in blood
- R78.2 - Finding of cocaine in blood
- R78.3 - Finding of hallucinogen in blood
- R78.4 - Finding of other drugs of addictive potential in blood
- R78.5 - Finding of other psychotropic drug in blood
- R78.6 - Finding of steroid agent in blood
- R78.7 - Finding of abnormal level of heavy metals in blood
- R78.71 - Abnormal lead level in blood
- R78.79 - Finding of abnormal level of heavy metals in blood
- R78.8 - Finding of other specified substances, not normally found in blood
- R78.81 - Bacteremia
- R78.89 - Finding of other specified substances, not normally found in blood
- R78.9 - Finding of unspecified substance, not normally found in blood