R87.625 - Unsatisfactory cytologic smear of vagina
| ICD-10: | R87.625 |
| Short Description: | Unsatisfactory cytologic smear of vagina |
| Long Description: | Unsatisfactory cytologic smear of vagina |
| Status: | Valid for Submission |
| Version: | ICD-10-CM 2023 |
| Code Classification: |
R87.625 is a billable ICD-10 code used to specify a medical diagnosis of unsatisfactory cytologic smear of vagina. The code is valid during the fiscal year 2023 from October 01, 2022 through September 30, 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
This code is applicable to female patients only. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-female patient.
The code is commonly used in ob/gyn medical specialties to specify clinical concepts such as abnormal female genital cytology.
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:
- Cervicovaginal cytology specimen unsatisfactory
- Vaginal Papanicolaou smear unsatisfactory for evaluation
- Vaginal vault smear - inadequate
- Vaginal vault smear result - finding
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.
- Inadequate sample of cytologic smear of vagina
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)
- - vagina - R87.629
- - inadequate smear - R87.625
- - unsatisfactory smear - R87.625
- - vagina - R87.629
- - specimen
- - female genital organs (secretions) (smears) - R87.9
- - cytology - R87.69
- - vagina - R87.629
- - inadequate (unsatisfactory) smear - R87.625
- - vagina - R87.629
- - cytology - R87.69
- - female genital organs (secretions) (smears) - R87.9
- - Papanicolaou (smear)
- - Inadequate, inadequacy
- - sample of cytologic smear
- - vagina - R87.625
- - sample of cytologic smear
- - Unsatisfactory
- - sample of cytologic smear
- - vagina - R87.625
- - sample of cytologic smear
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:
- Diagnoses for females only - The Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient’s sex and any diagnosis on the patient’s record, these edits apply to FEMALES only .
Convert to ICD-9 Code
| Source ICD-10 Code | Target ICD-9 Code | |
|---|---|---|
| R87.625 | 795.18 - Vaginl cytol smr unsatis |
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)
