ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R87
Abnormal findings in specimens from female genital organs
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
- R87
- Type
- Category / header (non-billable)
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- Category
- R87
- Specificity
- 3 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R87 is a category (header) for abnormal findings in specimens from female genital organs. 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 R87
- R87.0Abnormal level of enzymes in specimens from female genital organs
- R87.1Abnormal level of hormones in specimens from female genital organs
- R87.2Abnormal level of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances in specimens from female genital organs
- R87.3Abnormal level of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source in specimens from female genital organs
- R87.4Abnormal immunological findings in specimens from female genital organs
- R87.5Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from female genital organs
- R87.6Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from female genital organs
- R87.61Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from cervix uteri
- R87.610Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance on cytologic smear of cervix (ASC-US)
- R87.611Atypical squamous cells cannot exclude high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of cervix (ASC-H)
- R87.612Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of cervix (LGSIL)
- R87.613High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of cervix (HGSIL)
- R87.614Cytologic evidence of malignancy on smear of cervix
- R87.615Unsatisfactory cytologic smear of cervix
- R87.616Satisfactory cervical smear but lacking transformation zone
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