R85.6
Header — not billableAbnormal cytological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
The ICD-10 code for abnormal cytological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity is R85.6.
R85.6 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 2 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- R85.0Abnormal level of enzymes in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
- R85.1Abnormal level of hormones in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
- R85.2Abnormal level of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
- R85.3Abnormal level of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
- R85.4Abnormal immunological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
- R85.5Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
- R85.7Abnormal histological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
- R85.8Other abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavitynon-billable header
- R85.9Unspecified abnormal finding in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
- R85.6Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavitynon-billable header