ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R85.619
Unspecified abnormal cytological findings in specimens from anus
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R85.619
- Type
- Billable code
- 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
- 6 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R85.619 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of unspecified abnormal cytological findings in specimens from anus. 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 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
- R85.6Abnormal cytological 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
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