Version 2024
No Valid Principal Dx

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R89.5

Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues

ICD-10-CM Code:
R89.5
ICD-10 Code for:
Abnormal microbiolog findings in specimens from oth org/tiss
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
Not chronic
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Code Classification

  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
    (R00–R99)
    • Abnormal findings on examination of other body fluids, substances and tissues, without diagnosis
      (R83-R89)
      • Abnormal findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues
        (R89)

R89.5 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

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:

  • Abiotrophia species or Granulicatella species
  • Achromobacter denitrificans or Achromobacter xylosoxidans
  • Acinetobacter alcaligenes or Acinetobacter lwoffii
  • Acinetobacter anitratus or Acinetobacter haemolyticus
  • Acinetobacter baumannii or Acinetobacter calcoaceticus or Acinetobacter pittii
  • Acinetobacter baumannii or Acinetobacter haemolyticus
  • Acinetobacter baumannii or Acinetobacter nosocomialis group
  • Acinetobacter bereziniae or Acinetobacter guillouiae
  • Acinetobacter junii or Acinetobacter johnsonii
  • Acinetobacter lwoffii or Acinetobacter junii
  • Actinobacillus equuli or Actinobacillus suis
  • Actinobacillus lignieresii or Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
  • Actinomyces meyeri or Actinomyces odontolyticus
  • Aeromonas caviae or Aeromonas hydrophila
  • Aeromonas salmonicida or Aeromonas bestiarum
  • Altered microbiota
  • Antimicrobial activity
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility - finding
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility - finding
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility - finding
  • Aspergillus calidoustus or Aspergillus ustus
  • Aspergillus ochraceus or Aspergillus westerdijkiae
  • Bacillus amyloliquefaciens or Bacillus atrophaeus or Bacillus subtilis
  • Bacillus anthracis isolated by culture
  • Bacillus cereus or Bacillus mycoides or Bacillus thuringiensis
  • Bacillus circulans or Paenibacillus glucanolyticus
  • Bacteria morphologically consistent with Actinomyces spp
  • Bacteria present
  • Bacteria seen on electron microscopy
  • Bacteria seen on stained microscopy
  • Bacterial colony consistency
  • Bacterial colony consistency
  • Bacterial colony consistency
  • Bacterial colony consistency
  • Bacterial colony consistency
  • Bacterial colony consistency, brittle
  • Bacterial colony consistency, butyrous
  • Bacterial colony consistency, friable
  • Bacterial colony consistency, membranous
  • Bacterial colony consistency, viscous
  • Bacterial colony density
  • Bacterial colony density
  • Bacterial colony density
  • Bacterial colony density, opaque
  • Bacterial colony density, translucent
  • Bacterial colony density, transparent
  • Bacterial colony elevation
  • Bacterial colony elevation
  • Bacterial colony elevation
  • Bacterial colony elevation
  • Bacterial colony elevation
  • Bacterial colony elevation
  • Bacterial colony elevation, convex
  • Bacterial colony elevation, dome shaped
  • Bacterial colony elevation, flat
  • Bacterial colony elevation, raised
  • Bacterial colony elevation, umbilicate
  • Bacterial colony elevation, umbonate
  • Bacterial colony hemolysis
  • Bacterial colony hemolysis
  • Bacterial colony hemolysis
  • Bacterial colony hemolysis
  • Bacterial colony hemolysis, alpha
  • Bacterial colony hemolysis, alpha prime
  • Bacterial colony hemolysis, beta
  • Bacterial colony hemolysis, gamma
  • Bacterial colony morphology, curled margin
  • Bacterial colony morphology, entire margin
  • Bacterial colony morphology, erose margin
  • Bacterial colony morphology, filamentous margin
  • Bacterial colony morphology, lobate margin
  • Bacterial colony morphology, margin
  • Bacterial colony morphology, undulate margin
  • Bacterial colony shape
  • Bacterial colony shape
  • Bacterial colony shape
  • Bacterial colony shape
  • Bacterial colony shape
  • Bacterial colony shape
  • Bacterial colony shape, circular
  • Bacterial colony shape, filamentous
  • Bacterial colony shape, irregular
  • Bacterial colony shape, punctiform
  • Bacterial colony shape, rhizoid
  • Bacterial colony shape, spindle
  • Bacterial colony size
  • Bacterial colony size
  • Bacterial colony size
  • Bacterial colony size, large
  • Bacterial colony size, medium
  • Bacterial colony size, small
  • Bacterial colony surface appearance
  • Bacterial colony surface appearance
  • Bacterial colony surface appearance
  • Bacterial colony surface appearance
  • Bacterial colony surface appearance
  • Bacterial colony surface appearance
  • Bacterial colony surface, creamy
  • Bacterial colony surface, dull
  • Bacterial colony surface, glistening
  • Bacterial colony surface, granular
  • Bacterial colony surface, rough
  • Bacterial colony surface, smooth
  • Bacterial growth contamination
  • Bacterial growth in artificial medium
  • Bacterial growth in cell culture
  • Bacterial growth present
  • Bacterium isolated but not further identified
  • Bacteroides buccae or Bacteroides oris
  • Bacteroides species or Prevotella species
  • Beaded branching Gram-positive bacilli present
  • Beaded Gram-positive bacilli present
  • Beta-lactamase detected
  • Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii
  • Blastoschizomyces capitatus or Candida krusei or Prototheca zopfii
  • Branching Gram-positive bacilli present
  • Branching hyphae of kingdom Fungi detected
  • Brevibacillus agri or Brevibacillus brevis
  • Broad irregular hyphae of kingdom Fungi detected
  • Budding yeast detected
  • Burkholderia gladioli isolated by culture
  • Campylobacter antigen detected
  • Candida firmetaria or Candida inconspicua
  • Candida inconspicua or Candida krusei
  • Candida inconspicua or Candida krusei or Candida lambica
  • Candida inconspicua or Candida lambica
  • Candida, not Candida albicans
  • Cedecea species 3 or Cedecea species 5
  • Cellulomonas species or Microbacterium species
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Group Vb-3 or Pseudomonas stutzeri
  • Chilomastix mesnili cyst and trophozoite
  • Chlamydia antigen detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
  • Chlamydia detected by PCR
  • Chlamydia trachomatis inconclusive
  • Chlamydia trachomatis nucleic acid detected
  • Citrobacter species or Enterobacter cloacae
  • Clonorchis species or Opisthorchis species
  • Clostridium bolteae or Clostridium clostridioforme
  • Comamonas acidovorans or Comamonas testosteroni
  • Corynebacterium amycolatum or Corynebacterium minutissimum
  • Corynebacterium amycolatum or Corynebacterium striatum
  • Corynebacterium amycolatum or Corynebacterium xerosis
  • Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum or Corynebacterium riegelii
  • Corynebacterium mucifaciens or Corynebacterium ureicelerivorans
  • Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum or Corynebacterium propinquum
  • Cryptococcus gattii or Cryptococcus neoformans
  • Cutaneotrichosporon dermatis or Cutaneotrichosporon mucoides
  • Cyst and trophozoite of Entamoeba dispar or Entamoeba histolytica
  • Cyst of Entamoeba histolytica and trophozoite of Entamoeba histolytica
  • Cytoplasmic bacteria present
  • Debaryomyces hansenii or Pichia membranifaciens
  • Dematiaceous mold
  • Dental caries susceptibility - finding
  • Dental caries susceptibility - finding
  • Dental caries susceptibility - finding
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid of Human herpes simplex virus 1 detected
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid of Human herpes simplex virus 2 detected
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid of Shigella species or Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli detected
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid of Varicella-zoster virus vaccine strain detected
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid of Varicella-zoster virus wild-type detected
  • Dividing bacteria detected
  • Domain Bacteria stalk cell detected
  • Egg of Clonorchis sinensis or egg of Heterophyes species or egg of Metagonimus yokogawai or egg of Opisthorchis species
  • Egg of Heterophyes heterophyes or egg of Metagonimus yokogawai
  • Encapsulated yeast detected
  • Endolimax nana cyst and trophozoite
  • Entamoeba coli cyst and trophozoite
  • Entamoeba dispar or Entamoeba histolytica trophozoite
  • Entamoeba hartmanni cyst and trophozoite
  • Entamoeba histolytica cyst and trophozoite
  • Entamoeba histolytica or Entamoeba dispar cyst
  • Entamoeba polecki cyst and trophozoite
  • Enterococcus casseliflavus or Enterococcus mundtii
  • Enteromonas hominis cyst and trophozoite
  • Escherichia coli serotype O151:H16 or O118:H16
  • Extracellular Gram-negative diplococcus
  • Fasciolopsis species or Fasciola species
  • Finding of pleomorphic Gram-positive bacilli - resembling actinomycetes
  • Finding of presence of dermatophyte hyphae and spores inside of hair shaft
  • Finding of presence of dermatophyte hyphae and spores outside of hair shaft
  • Finding of presence of double wall broad base budding yeast
  • Finding of presence of multiple budding yeast
  • Finding of presence of unicellular fungus
  • Finding of Providencia stuartii, urease positive
  • Fungal organisms morphologically consistent with Candida species
  • Fungus on microscopy
  • Fungus seen on electron microscopy
  • Fungus seen on stained microscopy
  • Fusarium proliferatum or Fusarium verticillioides
  • Gemella morbillorum or Streptococcus acidominimus or Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Gemella species or Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Geobacillus thermodenitrificans or Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius
  • Giardia lamblia cyst and trophozoite
  • Gram-negative cocci in chains
  • Gram-positive bacilli in palisades
  • Gram-positive bacillus in chains
  • Gram-positive branched filamentous bacilli present
  • Gram-positive cocci in chains
  • Gram-positive cocci in chains, clusters, and pairs
  • Gram-positive cocci in clusters
  • Growth of fungi - finding
  • Growth of parasites - finding
  • Growth of viruses - finding
  • Growth of viruses - finding
  • Haemophilus influenzae or Haemophilus parainfluenzae
  • Helicobacter blood test finding
  • Helicobacter detected in blood
  • Hemagglutinating virus present
  • Hepatitis A detected
  • Hepatitis C viral ribonucleic acid genotype 1A detected by polymerase chain reaction
  • Heterophile antibody detected by monospot test
  • High bacterial challenge
  • Histoplasma species or Ajellomyces species
  • Hyphae of kingdom Fungi detected
  • Inconclusive evaluation finding
  • Inconclusive evaluation finding
  • Influenza A virus subtype H1 present
  • Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 detected
  • Influenza A virus subtype H2 present
  • Influenza A virus subtype H3 present
  • Influenza A virus subtype H5 present
  • Influenza A virus subtype H7 present
  • Influenza A virus subtype H9 present
  • Inhibition of nucleic acid amplification test for Chlamydia trachomatis
  • Intracellular elementary bodies of virus detected
  • Intracellular Gram-negative diplococcus
  • Iodamoeba bütschlii cyst and trophozoite
  • Klebsiella oxytoca or Raoultella planticola or Raoultella terrigena
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae subspecies pneumoniae or Raoultella planticola
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae subspecies pneumoniae or Raoultella planticola or Raoultella terrigena
  • Klebsiella species or Enterobacter species
  • Kluyvera ascorbata or Kluyvera cryocrescens
  • Kocuria arsenatis or Kocuria rhizophila
  • Lacticaseibacillus casei or Lacticaseibacillus paracasei
  • Lacticaseibacillus casei or Lacticaseibacillus paracasei or Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus
  • Lactiplantibacillus paraplantarum or Lactiplantibacillus pentosus or Lactiplantibacillus plantarum
  • Large gram-negative coccobacilli
  • Large gram-negative rods
  • Large Gram-positive bacilli
  • Leifsonia aquatica or Microbacterium species
  • Leishmania chagasi or Leishmania infantum
  • Low bacterial challenge
  • Lysinibacillus fusiformis or Lysinibacillus sphaericus
  • Malassezia furfur or Malassezia pachydermatis
  • Medium bacterial challenge
  • Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated by culture
  • Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus screen positive
  • Mite present
  • Motile microorganism
  • Mycelium of kingdom Fungi detected
  • Mycobacterium africanum or Mycobacterium pinnipedii
  • Mycobacterium angelicum or Mycobacterium szulgai
  • Mycobacterium lacticola or Mycobacterium neoaurum
  • Mycobacterium mucogenicum or Mycobacterium phocaicum
  • Mycobacteroides abscessus or Mycobacteroides chelonae
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae present
  • Mycoplasma species or Ureaplasma urealyticum
  • Myroides odoratimimus or Myroides odoratus
  • Nail clippings fungus positive
  • Nail clippings sent for organism evaluation
  • Narrow hyphae of kingdom Fungi detected
  • Necator species or Ancylostoma species
  • Neisseria animaloris or Neisseria zoodegmatis
  • Neisseria cinerea or Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  • Neisseria flavescens or Neisseria subflava
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae inconclusive
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae nucleic acid detected
  • Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B or Escherichia coli K1
  • Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y or Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135
  • Neisseria mucosa or Neisseria sicca
  • Nocardia abscessus complex or Nocardia exalbida
  • Nocardia africana or Nocardia nova
  • Nonbranching hyphae of kingdom Fungi detected
  • Nonmotile microorganism
  • Nonseptate hyphae of kingdom Fungi detected
  • Non-sporulating hyaline mold
  • Organism isolated by microbial culture
  • Organism isolated in ear swab by culture
  • Organism isolated in eye swab by culture
  • Organism isolated in skin swab by culture
  • Organism isolated in urethral swab by culture
  • Organism isolated in wound swab by culture
  • P.M. - parasite isolated
  • P.M.- fungus isolated
  • P.M. isolation: organism - finding
  • Paenibacillus pabuli or Paenibacillus polymyxa
  • Papiliotrema laurentii or Rhodotorula glutinis or Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
  • Parasite isolated but not further identified
  • Parasite on microscopy
  • Parasite seen on electron microscopy
  • Parasite seen on stained microscopy
  • Partially acid fast bacilli seen
  • Plasmodium ovale or Plasmodium vivax
  • Plasmodium species not Plasmodium falciparum
  • Polymerase chain reaction observation
  • Polymerase chain reaction observation
  • Polymerase chain reaction observation
  • Polymerase chain reaction observation
  • Polymerase chain reaction test for Hepatitis C positive
  • Porphyromonas asaccharolytica or Porphyromonas uenonis
  • Porphyromonas asaccharolytica or Prevotella melaninogenica
  • Post-mortem - bacteria isolated
  • Post-mortem virus isolated
  • Presence of organism - finding
  • Pseudomonas acidovorans or Pseudomonas testosteroni
  • Pseudomonas alcaligenes or Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes
  • Ralstonia mannitolilytica or Ralstonia pickettii
  • Raoultella ornithinolytica or Raoultella planticola
  • Rare organisms
  • Retortamonas intestinalis cyst and trophozoite
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae or Saccharomyces cerevisiae cerevisiae
  • Salmonella enterica subsp. arizonae or Salmonella enterica subsp. diarizonae
  • Salmonella Tornow or Salmonella Apapa
  • Sample bacteria cultured
  • Sample bacteria sensitive
  • Sample fungus isolated
  • Sample organism cultured
  • Sample organism isolated
  • Sample salmonella cultured
  • Sample virus identified
  • Sample yeast isolated
  • Sample: bacteria not sensitive
  • Sample: direct microscopy: bacteria present
  • Sample: direct microscopy: fungus present
  • Sample: direct microscopy: parasite present
  • Septate hyphae of kingdom Fungi detected
  • Serratia marcescens or Serratia ureilytica
  • Shiga toxin 1 and Shiga toxin 2 detected
  • Small Gram-negative rods
  • Specimen overgrowth by fungi
  • Sphingobacterium multivorum or Sphingobacterium spiritivorum
  • Sphingobacterium multivorum or Sphingobacterium thalpophilum
  • Staphylococcus chromogenes or Staphylococcus hyicus
  • Staphylococcus intermedius or Staphylococcus pseudintermedius
  • Staphylococcus pseudintermedius or Staphylococcus delphini
  • Streptococcus acidominimus or Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Streptococcus anginosus or Streptococcus dysgalactiae
  • Streptococcus anginosus or Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis
  • Streptococcus dysgalactiae Lancefield group C or Streptococcus dysgalactiae Lancefield group G
  • Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies dysgalactiae or Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis or Streptococcus group G
  • Streptococcus equi or Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis
  • Streptococcus Lancefield group C or Streptococcus Lancefield group G
  • Streptococcus mitis or Streptococcus oralis or Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae or Streptococcus viridans group
  • Streptococcus salivarius or Streptococcus vestibularis
  • Streptococcus species or Enterococcus species
  • Susceptibility to infection response - finding
  • Susceptibility to tuberculosis
  • Syphilis test finding
  • Toxoplasma detected by polymerase chain reaction
  • Treponema pallidum antibody detected by hemagglutination test
  • Trichophyton mentagrophytes or Trichophyton rubrum
  • Trophozoite of Endolimax nana or Iodamoeba butschlii
  • Unidentified isolate
  • Unidentified pathogenic bacteria recovered
  • Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus isolated by culture
  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus or Vibrio alginolyticus
  • Viral load increased
  • Virus seen on electron microscopy
  • Yeast detected
  • Yeast not Candida albicans and not Cryptococcus neoformans detected
  • Yeast not Candida albicans and not Cryptococcus species detected
  • Yeast not Candida albicans detected
  • Yeast not Candida albicans or Candida dubliniensis detected
  • Yeast not Candida species and not Cryptococcus neoformans detected
  • Yeast not Candida species and not Cryptococcus species detected
  • Yeast not Candida species detected
  • Yeast not Cryptococcus gattii and not Cryptococcus neoformans detected
  • Yeast not Cryptococcus neoformans detected
  • Yeast not Cryptococcus species detected
  • Yeast with pseudohyphae detected
  • Yersinia enterocolitica or Yersinia frederiksenii or Yersinia intermedia

Clinical Classification

Index to Diseases and Injuries References

The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).

Convert R89.5 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: 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 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • 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. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.

Footnotes

[1] Not chronic - A diagnosis code that does not fit the criteria for chronic condition (duration, ongoing medical treatment, and limitations) is considered not chronic. Some codes designated as not chronic are acute conditions. Other diagnosis codes that indicate a possible chronic condition, but for which the duration of the illness is not specified in the code description (i.e., we do not know the condition has lasted 12 months or longer) also are considered not chronic.