R70-R79
Abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis
Abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79) is a block within ICD-10-CM Chapter 18: Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified. It holds 9 categories.
Excludes2
Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.
- abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-)
- abnormalities of lipids (E78.-)
- abnormalities of platelets and thrombocytes (D69.-)
- abnormalities of white blood cells classified elsewhere (D70-D72)
- coagulation hemorrhagic disorders (D65-D68)
- diagnostic abnormal findings classified elsewhere - see Alphabetical Index
- hemorrhagic and hematological disorders of newborn (P50-P61)
Categories in R70-R79
- R70Elev erythro sedim and abnormality of plasma viscositycategory
- R71Abnormality of red blood cellscategory
- R73Elevated blood glucose levelcategory
- R74Abnormal serum enzyme levelscategory
- R75Inconclusive laboratory evidence of human immunodef virus
- R76Other abnormal immunological findings in serumcategory
- R77Other abnormalities of plasma proteinscategory
- R78Find of drugs and oth substnc, not normally found in bloodcategory
- R79Other abnormal findings of blood chemistrycategory
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.