ICD-9 Code 796.9

Other nonspecific abnormal findings

  1. ICD-9 Index
  2. Chapter: 780–799
  3. Section: 790-796
  4. Block: 796 Other nonspecific abnormal findings
  5. 796.9 - Abnormal findings NEC

Not Valid for Submission

796.9 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other nonspecific abnormal findings. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

ICD-9: 796.9
Short Description:Abnormal findings NEC
Long Description:Other nonspecific abnormal findings

Convert 796.9 to ICD-10

The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

  • R68.89 - Other general symptoms and signs

Code Classification

  • Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
    • Nonspecific abnormal findings (790-796)
      • 796 Other nonspecific abnormal findings

Information for Medical Professionals

Synonyms

  • 1 year examination abnormal - for observation
  • 1 year examination abnormal - on treatment
  • 1 year examination abnormal - referred
  • 10 day examination abnormal - for observation
  • 10 day examination abnormal - on treatment
  • 10 day examination abnormal - referred
  • 10 year examination abnormal - for observation
  • 10 year examination abnormal - on treatment
  • 10 year examination abnormal - referred
  • 15 year examination abnormal - for observation
  • 15 year examination abnormal - on treatment
  • 15 year examination abnormal - referred
  • 18 month examination abnormal - for observation
  • 18 month examination abnormal - on treatment
  • 18 month examination abnormal - referred
  • 2.5 year examination abnormal - for observation
  • 2.5 year examination abnormal - on treatment
  • 2.5 year examination abnormal - referred
  • 3.5 year examination abnormal - for observation
  • 3.5 year examination abnormal - on treatment
  • 3.5 year examination abnormal - referred
  • 4.5 year examination abnormal - for observation
  • 4.5 year examination abnormal - on treatment
  • 4.5 year examination abnormal - referred
  • 6 week examination abnormal - on treatment
  • 6 week examination abnormal - referred
  • 8 week examination abnormal - for observation
  • 8 week examination abnormal - on treatment
  • 8 week examination abnormal - referred
  • 8-9 month examination abnormal - on treatment
  • 8-9 month examination abnormal - referred
  • Abdominal friction rub
  • Abnormal body odor
  • Abnormal central venous pressure
  • Abnormal density
  • Abnormal desquamation
  • Abnormal eosinophil production
  • Abnormal exocrine gland secretion
  • Abnormal gastric motility
  • Abnormal gastric secretion
  • Abnormal hormone secretion
  • Abnormal male sexual function
  • Abnormal neutrophil production
  • Abnormal patient reaction
  • Abnormal platelet destruction
  • Abnormal presence of albumin
  • Abnormal presence of pentose
  • Abrupt pulse
  • Added respiratory sounds
  • Adenoid facies
  • Aggregation of lens proteins
  • Alteration in patterns of urinary elimination
  • Anergy
  • Apprehension sign
  • At risk for deficient fluid volume
  • Aversion
  • Bacterial colony morphology, undulate margin
  • Bacterial colony size, medium
  • Bacterial growth in cell culture
  • Birth examination abnormal - for observation
  • Birth examination abnormal - on treatment
  • Birth examination abnormal - referred
  • Bone marrow granulocytic aplasia
  • Borderline blood pressure
  • Carotid artery doppler abnormal
  • Carphologia
  • Cherry red spot
  • Chest stony dull to percussion
  • Child 21 month examination abnormal - for observation
  • Child 21 month examination abnormal - on treatment
  • Child 21 month examination abnormal: refer
  • Child 3 year exam abnormal - for observation
  • Child 3 year exam abnormal - on treatment
  • Child 3 year exam abnormal - referred
  • Child 39 month examination abnormal - for observation
  • Child 39 month examination abnormal - on treatment
  • Child 39 month examination abnormal - referred
  • Child 6 month examination abnormal - for observation
  • Child 6 month examination abnormal - on treatment
  • Child 6 month examination abnormal - referred
  • Chvostek sign
  • Cogwheel muscle rigidity
  • Coitus reservatus
  • Colposcopy abnormal
  • Compensatory articulatory substitution
  • Decreased blood vessel permeability
  • Decreased capillary resistance
  • Decreased collateral circulation
  • Decreased coughing
  • Decreased density
  • Decreased epidermopoiesis
  • Decreased exocrine gland secretion
  • Decreased heme-heme interaction
  • Decreased lung compliance
  • Decreased pulmonary arterial wedge pressure
  • Diffuse organ or tissue uptake
  • Diffuse spasm
  • Disturbance in content of thought
  • Disturbance in speed of associations
  • Double pulse
  • Dry coitus
  • Ear examination abnormal
  • Eye AND/OR eyelid symptom
  • Facies bovina
  • Falsification
  • Female infertility test abnormal
  • Femoral nerve stretch test positive
  • Finding of active range of ankle extension
  • Finding of active range of ankle flexion
  • Finding of active range of elbow extension
  • Finding of active range of elbow flexion
  • Finding of active range of elbow pronation
  • Finding of active range of elbow supination
  • Finding of active range of finger abduction
  • Finding of active range of finger adduction
  • Finding of active range of finger extension
  • Finding of active range of finger flexion
  • Finding of active range of hip abduction
  • Finding of active range of hip adduction
  • Finding of active range of hip extension
  • Finding of active range of hip external rotation
  • Finding of active range of hip flexion
  • Finding of active range of hip internal rotation
  • Finding of active range of knee extension
  • Finding of active range of knee flexion
  • Finding of active range of lumbar spine extension
  • Finding of active range of lumbar spine flexion
  • Finding of active range of lumbar spine left lateral flexion
  • Finding of active range of lumbar spine left rotation
  • Finding of active range of lumbar spine right lateral flexion
  • Finding of active range of lumbar spine right rotation
  • Finding of active range of midtarsal pronation
  • Finding of active range of midtarsal supination
  • Finding of active range of shoulder abduction
  • Finding of active range of shoulder adduction
  • Finding of active range of shoulder circumduction
  • Finding of active range of shoulder extension
  • Finding of active range of shoulder external rotation
  • Finding of active range of shoulder flexion
  • Finding of active range of shoulder horizontal extension
  • Finding of active range of shoulder horizontal flexion
  • Finding of active range of shoulder internal rotation
  • Finding of active range of subtalar joint eversion
  • Finding of active range of subtalar joint inversion
  • Finding of active range of thoracic spine left lateral flexion
  • Finding of active range of thoracic spine left rotation
  • Finding of active range of thoracic spine right rotation
  • Finding of active range of thumb abduction
  • Finding of active range of thumb adduction
  • Finding of active range of thumb extension
  • Finding of active range of thumb flexion
  • Finding of active range of thumb opposition
  • Finding of active range of toe abduction
  • Finding of active range of toe adduction
  • Finding of active range of toe extension
  • Finding of active range of toe flexion
  • Finding of active range of wrist abduction
  • Finding of active range of wrist adduction
  • Finding of active range of wrist extension
  • Finding of active range of wrist flexion
  • Finding of active range of wrist pronation
  • Finding of active range of wrist supination
  • Finding of Barlow test
  • Finding of dynamic extension test
  • Genetic disorder carrier
  • Get up and go test - abnormal
  • Girdle pain
  • Habitual eating of own hair
  • Hair-splitting
  • Harsh breath sounds
  • Hepatitis C antibody positive with elevated alanine transaminase
  • High pitched voice
  • Hip pain
  • Hyperandrogenemia
  • Impaired phagocytosis
  • Inability to cope
  • Increase of specific gravity
  • Increased cardiac index
  • Increased density
  • Increased fertility
  • Increased hormonal activity
  • Increased hormonal resistance
  • Increased hormone production
  • Increased libido
  • Increased sensitivity of parietal cells to secretagogues
  • Influenza A H1N1 virus 2009 pandemic strain present
  • Intrafamilial sexual abuse
  • Intrapsychic conflict
  • Jittery newborn
  • Kanter's sign
  • Ladin's sign
  • Limbic disorder
  • McClintock's sign
  • Megakaryocytic maturation arrest
  • Mitochondrial antibodies positive
  • Monospot test positive
  • Mycoplasma titers abnormal
  • Myelophthisis
  • Never thirsty
  • Nil abnormal on examination
  • Nuclear abnormality on C/S
  • Nuclear abnormality on smear
  • Nursing difficulty
  • On examination - Arterial pressure index abnormal
  • On examination - head abnormal shape
  • On examination - head small
  • On examination - leg bone abnormal
  • On examination - poor tissue perfusion
  • On examination - Site of pain
  • Pain self-management deficit, chronic
  • Patellar tap
  • Personality trait causing social impairment
  • Positive cytology findings
  • Prostate tender
  • Pyramidal sign
  • Radial reflex absent
  • Recurrent disease
  • Rest pain
  • Reverse split of second heart sound
  • Rinne false negative
  • Robert's sign
  • Rovsing's sign
  • Sciatic nerve stretch test positive
  • Seduction
  • Sensitized leukocyte
  • Sensitized platelet
  • Serum alpha-fetoprotein level elevated
  • Sexual aggression
  • Sexual recrudescence in elderly male
  • Single non-ejection systolic click
  • Somatic pain
  • Specimen shows excessive cytolysis
  • Spermatic cord involved by direct extension of malignant neoplasm
  • Stabbing pain
  • State of erotic tension
  • Surgical bile duct margin involved by carcinoma in situ
  • Surgical bile duct margin involved by malignant neoplasm
  • Surgical biopsy result abnormal
  • Surgical cystic duct margin involved by in situ carcinoma
  • Surgical cystic duct margin involved by malignant neoplasm
  • Surgical distal bile duct margin involved by malignant neoplasm
  • Surgical endocervical margin involved by intraepithelial neoplasia
  • Surgical endocervical margin involved by malignant neoplasm
  • Surgical endocervical margin involved by malignant neoplasm, diffuse
  • Surgical endocervical margin involved by malignant neoplasm, focal
  • Surgical exocervical margin involved by intraepithelial neoplasia
  • Surgical exocervical margin involved by malignant neoplasm
  • Surgical exocervical margin involved by malignant neoplasm, diffuse
  • Surgical exocervical margin involved by malignant neoplasm, focal
  • Surgical Gerota's fascial margin involved by malignant neoplasm
  • Surgical lateral
  • Surgical lateral margin involved by ductal carcinoma in situ
  • Surgical margin of optic nerve involved by tumor
  • Surgical pancreatic margin involved by malignant neoplasm
  • Surgical perinephric fat margin involved by malignant neoplasm
  • Surgical proximal bile duct margin involved by malignant neoplasm
  • Surgical renal capsular margin involved by malignant neoplasm
  • Surgical renal parenchymal margin involved by malignant neoplasm
  • Surgical renal vein margin involved by malignant neoplasm
  • Tandem gait test - abnormal
  • Third heart sound, S>3<, inaudible
  • Thought insertion
  • Tricrotic pulse
  • Trousseau sign
  • Tumor calcification
  • Tumor infiltration by lymphocytes brisk
  • Tumor infiltration by lymphocytes present
  • Tumor invades beyond pancreatic capsule to adjacent large vessels
  • Tumor invades beyond pancreatic capsule to adjacent structures AND/OR organs
  • Tumor invades beyond pancreatic capsule to bile duct
  • Tumor invades beyond pancreatic capsule to colon
  • Tumor invades beyond pancreatic capsule to duodenum
  • Tumor invades beyond pancreatic capsule to spleen
  • Tumor invades beyond pancreatic capsule to stomach
  • Tumor invades beyond pancreatic capsule, but does not invade adjacent structures AND/OR organs
  • Tumor invades Bruch's membrane
  • Tumor invades choroid
  • Tumor invades ciliary body
  • Tumor invades cornea
  • Tumor invades diaphragm
  • Tumor invades endothoracic fascia
  • Tumor invades iridocorneal angle
  • Tumor invades iris
  • Tumor invades lens
  • Tumor invades optic disc
  • Tumor invades optic nerve
  • Tumor invades optic nerve anterior to lamina cribrosa
  • Tumor invades optic nerve at lamina cribrosa
  • Tumor invades optic nerve posterior to lamina cribrosa but not to end of nerve
  • Tumor invades optic nerve to cut end of optic nerve
  • Tumor invades retina
  • Tumor invades Schlemm's canal
  • Tumor invades sclera
  • Tumor invades soft tissue of chest wall
  • Tumor invades vitreous
  • Tumor invades vortex vein
  • Tumor limited to the pancreas
  • Tumor massively invades choroid
  • Tumor metastasis to non-regional lymph nodes present
  • Tumor microscopically involves only the fallopian tube
  • Tumor minimally invades choroid
  • Tumor penetrates serosa, perforation absent
  • Tumor penetrates serosa, perforation present
  • Tumor pigmentation, patchy/focal
  • Tunica vaginalis involved by direct extension of malignant neoplasm
  • Tussive fremitus
  • Type 1 diabetes mellitus with persistent microalbuminuria
  • Ulnar pulse absent
  • Ureter involved by direct extension of malignant neoplasm
  • Urine microscopy: leukocytes - lymphs present
  • Uterus and adnexae involved by direct extension of malignant neoplasm
  • Vagina involved by direct extension of malignant neoplasm
  • Vitamin K restricted diet during anticoagulation therapy
  • Voice tremor
  • Wandering

Index to Diseases and Injuries

References found for the code 796.9 in the Index of Diseases and Injuries:


ICD-9 Footnotes

General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.

  • Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
  • No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
  • Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.

Index of Diseases and Injuries Definitions

  • And - The word "and" should be interpreted to mean either "and" or "or" when it appears in a title.
  • Code also note - A "code also" note instructs that two codes may be required to fully describe a condition, but this note does not provide sequencing direction.
  • Code first - Certain conditions have both an underlying etiology and multiple body system manifestations due to the underlying etiology. For such conditions, the ICD-10-CM has a coding convention that requires the underlying condition be sequenced first followed by the manifestation. Wherever such a combination exists, there is a "use additional code" note at the etiology code, and a "code first" note at the manifestation code. These instructional notes indicate the proper sequencing order of the codes, etiology followed by manifestation.
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes - A type 1 Excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
  • Type 2 Excludes Notes - A type 2 Excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.
  • Includes Notes - This note appears immediately under a three character code title to further define, or give examples of, the content of the category.
  • Inclusion terms - List of terms is included under some codes. These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
  • NEC "Not elsewhere classifiable" - This abbreviation in the Alphabetic Index represents "other specified". When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Alphabetic Index directs the coder to the "other specified” code in the Tabular List.
  • NOS "Not otherwise specified" - This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.
  • See - The "see" instruction following a main term in the Alphabetic Index indicates that another term should be referenced. It is necessary to go to the main term referenced with the "see" note to locate the correct code.
  • See Also - A "see also" instruction following a main term in the Alphabetic Index instructs that there is another main term that may also be referenced that may provide additional Alphabetic Index entries that may be useful. It is not necessary to follow the "see also" note when the original main term provides the necessary code.
  • 7th Characters - Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.
  • With - The word "with" should be interpreted to mean "associated with" or "due to" when it appears in a code title, the Alphabetic Index, or an instructional note in the Tabular List. The word "with" in the Alphabetic Index is sequenced immediately following the main term, not in alphabetical order.

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