ICD-10-CM Positive References

"Positive" Annotation Back-References in the ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries

Browse the ICD-10-CM codes with references applicable to the clinical term "positive"

• Positive
  • culture (nonspecific)
    • blood - R78.81 Bacteremia
    • bronchial washings - R84.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
    • cerebrospinal fluid - R83.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in cerebrospinal fluid
    • cervix uteri - R87.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from female genital organs
    • nasal secretions - R84.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
    • nipple discharge - R89.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues
    • nose - R84.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
      • staphylococcus (Methicillin susceptible) - Z22.321 Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
        • Methicillin resistant - Z22.322 Carrier or suspected carrier of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
    • peritoneal fluid - R85.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
    • pleural fluid - R84.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
    • prostatic secretions - R86.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from male genital organs
    • saliva - R85.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
    • seminal fluid - R86.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from male genital organs
    • sputum - R84.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
    • synovial fluid - R89.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues
    • throat scrapings - R84.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from respiratory organs and thorax
    • urine - R82.79 Other abnormal findings on microbiological examination of urine
    • vagina - R87.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from female genital organs
    • vulva - R87.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from female genital organs
    • wound secretions - R89.5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues
  • PPD (skin test) - R76.11 Nonspecific reaction to tuberculin skin test without active tuberculosis
  • serology for syphilis - A53.0 Latent syphilis, unspecified as early or late
    • false - R76.8 Other specified abnormal immunological findings in serum
    • with signs or symptoms - code as Syphilis, by site and stage
  • skin test, tuberculin (without active tuberculosis) - R76.11 Nonspecific reaction to tuberculin skin test without active tuberculosis
  • test, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) - R75 Inconclusive laboratory evidence of human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]
  • VDRL - A53.0 Latent syphilis, unspecified as early or late
    • with signs or symptoms - code by site and stage under Syphilis - A53.9 Syphilis, unspecified
  • Wassermann reaction - A53.0 Latent syphilis, unspecified as early or late