R89.3

Quick facts

Code

R89.3

Type

Billable code

ICD-10-CM chapter

Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings

Category

R89 — Abnormal findings in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues

Specificity

4 characters

ICD-10-CM R89.3 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of abnormal level of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source in specimens from other organs, systems and tissues. 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.