R78.89 - Finding of other specified substances, not normally found in blood
| ICD-10: | R78.89 |
| Short Description: | Finding of oth substances, not normally found in blood |
| Long Description: | Finding of other specified substances, not normally found in blood |
| Status: | Valid for Submission |
| Version: | ICD-10-CM 2023 |
| Code Classification: |
R78.89 is a billable ICD-10 code used to specify a medical diagnosis of finding of other specified substances, not normally found in blood. The code is valid during the fiscal year 2023 from October 01, 2022 through September 30, 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
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:
- Abnormal lithium level in blood
- Decreased lipid
- Infectious agent in bloodstream
- Lithium level - finding
- Lithium level - finding
- Lithium: blood level - finding
- Opioid in blood specimen positive
- Phenobarbitone level - finding
- Phenylalanine level - finding
- Phenylalanine: serum
- Phenytoin level - finding
- Serum amino acid levels - finding
- Valproate level - finding
- Valproate level low
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to this diagnosis code:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese 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.
- Finding of abnormal level of lithium in blood
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index:
- - Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - See Also: Anomaly;
- - blood level (of)
- - lithium - R78.89
- - blood level (of)
- - Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis - See Also: Abnormal;
- - in blood (of substance not normally found in blood) - R78.9
- - lithium (abnormal level) - R78.89
- - specified substance NEC - R78.89
- - in blood (of substance not normally found in blood) - R78.9
Convert to ICD-9 Code
| Source ICD-10 Code | Target ICD-9 Code | |
|---|---|---|
| R78.89 | 790.6 - Abn blood chemistry NEC | |
| 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. | ||
| R78.89 | 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 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 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
