2021 ICD-10-CM Code R83.2
Abnormal level of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances in cerebrospinal fluid
Valid for Submission
R83.2 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of abnormal level of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances in cerebrospinal fluid. The code R83.2 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 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.
| ICD-10: | R83.2 |
| Short Description: | Abn lev drug/meds/biol subst in cerebrospinal fluid |
| Long Description: | Abnormal level of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances in cerebrospinal fluid |
Code Classification
Index to Diseases and Injuries
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 the code R83.2 are found in the index:
- - Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - See Also: Anomaly;
- - cerebrospinal fluid - R83.9
- - drug level - R83.2
- - cerebrospinal fluid - R83.9
Convert R83.2 to ICD-9 Code
The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code R83.2 its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
- 792.0 - Abn fnd-cerebrospinal fl (Approximate Flag)
Code History
- 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)