R79Non-billable (header)

Other abnormal findings of blood chemistry

✗ Excludes 1(Not coded here)

  • •asymptomatic hyperuricemia (E79.0)
  • •hyperglycemia NOS (R73.9)
  • •hypoglycemia NOS (E16.2)
  • •neonatal hypoglycemia (P70.3-P70.4)
  • •specific findings indicating disorder of amino-acid metabolism (E70-E72)
  • •specific findings indicating disorder of carbohydrate metabolism (E73-E74)
  • •specific findings indicating disorder of lipid metabolism (E75.-)

Notes

  • ℹcode to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

Code Hierarchy

┌18Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)├R70-R79Abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79)├R79Other abnormal findings of blood chemistry
└R79Other abnormal findings of blood chemistry

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