ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R85.6
Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Heads up:this is a parent code. It's typically not directly billable — you need to drill down to a more specific child code (one with additional digits) to use on a claim.
Quick facts
- Code
- R85.6
- Type
- Category / header (non-billable)
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- Category
- R85 — Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R85.6 is a category (header) for abnormal cytological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity. It is generally not reported directly on a claim — coders drill down to a more specific child code (one with additional characters) that matches the documentation. Use the related codes below to find the billable code that fits, and verify against the annual NCHS/CMS guidelines.
Related codes in R85
- R85Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
- 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
- R85.61Abnormal cytologic smear of anus
- R85.610Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance on cytologic smear of anus (ASC-US)
- R85.611Atypical squamous cells cannot exclude high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of anus (ASC-H)
- R85.612Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of anus (LGSIL)
- R85.613High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of anus (HGSIL)
- R85.614Cytologic evidence of malignancy on smear of anus
- R85.615Unsatisfactory cytologic smear of anus
- R85.616Satisfactory anal smear but lacking transformation zone
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