R84.6 - Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
| ICD-10: | R84.6 |
| Short Description: | Abnormal cytolog findings in specimens from resp org/thrx |
| Long Description: | Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax |
| Status: | Valid for Submission |
| Version: | ICD-10-CM 2023 |
| Code Classification: |
R84.6 is a billable ICD-10 code used to specify a medical diagnosis of abnormal cytological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax. 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:
- Pleural fluid cells increased
- Pleural fluid: lymphocytes seen
- Pleural fluid: malignant cells present
- Pleural fluid: pus cells seen
- Pleural fluid: RBC's present
- Positive cytology findings
- Presence of cells
- Presence of cells
- Presence of cells
- Presence of cells
- Pus cells present
- Sputum cytology positive
- Sputum: malignant cells
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;
- - Papanicolaou (smear)
- - bronchial washings - R84.6
- - nasal secretions - R84.6
- - pleural fluid - R84.6
- - sputum - R84.6
- - throat scrapings - R84.6
- - specimen
- - Papanicolaou (smear)
Convert to ICD-9 Code
| Source ICD-10 Code | Target ICD-9 Code | |
|---|---|---|
| R84.6 | 792.9 - Abn find-body subst 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. | ||
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)
