Version 2024
No Valid Principal Dx

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R70.1

Abnormal plasma viscosity

ICD-10-CM Code:
R70.1
ICD-10 Code for:
Abnormal plasma viscosity
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
Not chronic
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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 erythrocyte sedimentation rate and abnormality of plasma viscosity
        (R70)

R70.1 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of abnormal plasma viscosity. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

According to ICD-10-CM guidelines this code should not to be used as a principal diagnosis code when a related definitive diagnosis has been established.

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Blood viscosity above reference range
  • Blood viscosity below reference range
  • Blood viscosity level - finding
  • Blood viscosity level - finding
  • Hyperviscosity
  • Hypoviscosity
  • Plasma viscosity - finding
  • Plasma viscosity - finding
  • Plasma viscosity - finding
  • Plasma viscosity above reference range
  • Plasma viscosity below reference range
  • Plasma viscosity outside reference range
  • Reticulocyte count outside reference range
  • Reticulocyte count outside reference range
  • Reticulocytosis
  • Reticulocytosis
  • Reticulocytosis after B12

Clinical Classification

Clinical Information

  • Reticulocytosis

    an increase in circulating reticulocytes, which is among the simplest and most reliable signs of accelerated erythrocyte production. reticulocytosis occurs during active blood regeneration (stimulation of red bone marrow) and in certain types of anemia, particularly congenital hemolytic anemia.
  • Reticulocytosis

    a laboratory test result indicating an increased number of reticulocytes in the peripheral blood.

Index to Diseases and Injuries References

The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).

Convert R70.1 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: 790.99 - Oth nspcf finding blood
    Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.

Footnotes

[1] Not chronic - A diagnosis code that does not fit the criteria for chronic condition (duration, ongoing medical treatment, and limitations) is considered not chronic. Some codes designated as not chronic are acute conditions. Other diagnosis codes that indicate a possible chronic condition, but for which the duration of the illness is not specified in the code description (i.e., we do not know the condition has lasted 12 months or longer) also are considered not chronic.