ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R88.0
Cloudy (hemodialysis) (peritoneal) dialysis effluent
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R88.0
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- Category
- R88 — Abnormal findings in other body fluids and substances
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R88.0 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of cloudy (hemodialysis) (peritoneal) dialysis effluent. 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 R88
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