R70-R79 — Abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis
Every ICD-10-CM code in this range and the PDGM clinical group CMS assigns to it, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.1.26.
Codes in range
44
No clinical group
44
A period cannot be grouped from these.
Barred as primary
0
CMS rejects these in the primary position.
Where these codes group
None of the 44 codes in R70-R79 is assigned a PDGM clinical group. A 30-day period cannot be grouped from any of them, so none can hold the primary position on a home health claim.
Every code in R70-R79
Descriptions are CMS’s own, abbreviated as CMS abbreviates them.
| Code | Description | Clinical group | Primary position |
|---|---|---|---|
| R700 | Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate | None | Cannot group |
| R701 | Abnormal plasma viscosity | None | Cannot group |
| R710 | Precipitous drop in hematocrit | None | Cannot group |
| R718 | Other abnormality of red blood cells | None | Cannot group |
| R7301 | Impaired fasting glucose | None | Cannot group |
| R7302 | Impaired glucose tolerance (oral) | None | Cannot group |
| R7303 | Prediabetes | None | Cannot group |
| R7309 | Other abnormal glucose | None | Cannot group |
| R739 | Hyperglycemia, unspecified | None | Cannot group |
| R7401 | Elevation of levels of liver transaminase levels | None | Cannot group |
| R7402 | Elevation of levels of lactic acid dehydrogenase [LDH] | None | Cannot group |
| R748 | Abnormal levels of other serum enzymes | None | Cannot group |
| R749 | Abnormal serum enzyme level, unspecified | None | Cannot group |
| R75 | Inconclusive laboratory evidence of human immunodef virus | None | Cannot group |
| R760 | Raised antibody titer | None | Cannot group |
| R7611 | Nonspecific reaction to skin test w/o active tuberculosis | None | Cannot group |
| R7612 | Nonspec reaction to gamma intrfrn respns w/o actv tubrclosis | None | Cannot group |
| R7681 | Abn rheu fctr /anti-citrul protein antibody w/o rheu arthrit | None | Cannot group |
| R7689 | Other specified abnormal immunological findings in serum | None | Cannot group |
| R769 | Abnormal immunological finding in serum, unspecified | None | Cannot group |
| R770 | Abnormality of albumin | None | Cannot group |
| R771 | Abnormality of globulin | None | Cannot group |
| R772 | Abnormality of alphafetoprotein | None | Cannot group |
| R778 | Other specified abnormalities of plasma proteins | None | Cannot group |
| R779 | Abnormality of plasma protein, unspecified | None | Cannot group |
| R780 | Finding of alcohol in blood | None | Cannot group |
| R781 | Finding of opiate drug in blood | None | Cannot group |
| R782 | Finding of cocaine in blood | None | Cannot group |
| R783 | Finding of hallucinogen in blood | None | Cannot group |
| R784 | Finding of other drugs of addictive potential in blood | None | Cannot group |
| R785 | Finding of other psychotropic drug in blood | None | Cannot group |
| R786 | Finding of steroid agent in blood | None | Cannot group |
| R7871 | Abnormal lead level in blood | None | Cannot group |
| R7879 | Finding of abnormal level of heavy metals in blood | None | Cannot group |
| R7881 | Bacteremia | None | Cannot group |
| R7889 | Finding of oth substances, not normally found in blood | None | Cannot group |
| R789 | Finding of unsp substance, not normally found in blood | None | Cannot group |
| R790 | Abnormal level of blood mineral | None | Cannot group |
| R791 | Abnormal coagulation profile | None | Cannot group |
| R7981 | Abnormal blood-gas level | None | Cannot group |
| R7982 | Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) | None | Cannot group |
| R7983 | Abnormal findings of blood amino-acid level | None | Cannot group |
| R7989 | Other specified abnormal findings of blood chemistry | None | Cannot group |
| R799 | Abnormal finding of blood chemistry, unspecified | None | Cannot group |
Source: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.1.26, effective 2026-04-01. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.
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