ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R78.81
Bacteremia
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R78.81
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- Category
- R78 — Findings of drugs and other substances, not normally found in blood
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R78.81 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of bacteremia. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in R78
- R78Findings of drugs and other substances, not normally found in blood
- R78.0Finding of alcohol in blood
- R78.1Finding of opiate drug in blood
- R78.2Finding of cocaine in blood
- R78.3Finding of hallucinogen in blood
- R78.4Finding of other drugs of addictive potential in blood
- R78.5Finding of other psychotropic drug in blood
- R78.6Finding of steroid agent in blood
- R78.7Finding of abnormal level of heavy metals in blood
- R78.71Abnormal lead level in blood
- R78.79Finding of abnormal level of heavy metals in blood
- R78.8Finding of other specified substances, not normally found in blood
- R78.89Finding of other specified substances, not normally found in blood
- R78.9Finding of unspecified substance, not normally found in blood
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