Other abnormal findings of blood chemistry - R79
Use Additional Code: This note indicates that an additional code should be used in conjunction with the primary code "R79" to provide a complete picture of the patient's condition or to capture associated factors.
Use Additional:
- code to identify 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:
- asymptomatic hyperuricemia (E79.0)
- hyperglycemia NOS (R73.9)
- hypoglycemia NOS (E16.2)
- neonatal hypoglycemia (P70.3-P70.4)
- specific findings indicating disorder of amino-acid metabolism (E70-E72)
- specific findings indicating disorder of carbohydrate metabolism (E73-E74)
- specific findings indicating disorder of lipid metabolism (E75.-)
These ranges represents subcategories of Other abnormal findings of blood chemistry. The "R79" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- 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
- R79.9 - Abnormal finding of blood chemistry, unspecified