ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R87.615
Unsatisfactory cytologic smear of cervix
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R87.615
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- Category
- R87 — Abnormal findings in specimens from female genital organs
- Specificity
- 6 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R87.615 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of unsatisfactory cytologic smear of cervix. 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 R87
- R87Abnormal findings in specimens from female genital organs
- 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
- R87.616Satisfactory cervical smear but lacking transformation zone
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