R79.0

ICD-10Billable

Abnormal level of blood mineral

Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)

Abnormal level of blood mineral

R79.0 is valid for submission on a claim — CMS flags it as a billable, specific code.

Inclusion terms

Abnormal blood level of cobalt
Abnormal blood level of copper
Abnormal blood level of iron
Abnormal blood level of magnesium
Abnormal blood level of mineral NEC
Abnormal blood level of zinc

Excludes1

Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.

abnormal level of lithium (R78.89)
disorders of mineral metabolism (E83.-)
neonatal hypomagnesemia (P71.2)
nutritional mineral deficiency (E58-E61)

Related codes in R79

Where this code sits

Chapter: 18. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Block: Abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79)
Parent code: R79

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Source

ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.