2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R82.81

Pyuria

    2020 - New Code 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  • R82.81 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM R82.81 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of R82.81 - other international versions of ICD-10 R82.81 may differ.
Applicable To
  • Sterile pyuria
The following code(s) above R82.81 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to R82.81:
  • R00-R99
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range R00-R99

    Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

    Note
    • This chapter includes symptoms, signs, abnormal results of clinical or other investigative procedures, and ill-defined conditions regarding which no diagnosis classifiable elsewhere is recorded.
    • Signs and symptoms that point rather definitely to a given diagnosis have been assigned to a category in other chapters of the classification. In general, categories in this chapter include the less well-defined conditions and symptoms that, without the necessary study of the case to establish a final diagnosis, point perhaps equally to two or more diseases or to two or more systems of the body. Practically all categories in the chapter could be designated 'not otherwise specified', 'unknown etiology' or 'transient'. The Alphabetical Index should be consulted to determine which symptoms and signs are to be allocated here and which to other chapters. The residual subcategories, numbered .8, are generally provided for other relevant symptoms that cannot be allocated elsewhere in the classification.
    • The conditions and signs or symptoms included in categories R00-R94 consist of:
    • (a) cases for which no more specific diagnosis can be made even after all the facts bearing on the case have been investigated;
    • (b) signs or symptoms existing at the time of initial encounter that proved to be transient and whose causes could not be determined;
    • (c) provisional diagnosis in a patient who failed to return for further investigation or care;
    • (d) cases referred elsewhere for investigation or treatment before the diagnosis was made;
    • (e) cases in which a more precise diagnosis was not available for any other reason;
    • (f) certain symptoms, for which supplementary information is provided, that represent important problems in medical care in their own right.
    Type 2 Excludes
    • abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-)
    • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
    • signs and symptoms classified in the body system chapters
    • signs and symptoms of breast (N63, N64.5)
    Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
  • R80-R82
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range R80-R82

    Abnormal findings on examination of urine, without diagnosis

    Type 1 Excludes
    • abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-)
    • diagnostic abnormal findings classified elsewhere - see Alphabetical Index
    • specific findings indicating disorder of amino-acid metabolism (E70-E72)
    • specific findings indicating disorder of carbohydrate metabolism (E73-E74)
    Abnormal findings on examination of urine, without diagnosis
  • R82
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R82

    Other and unspecified abnormal findings in urine

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Includes
    • chromoabnormalities in urine
    Type 2 Excludes
    Use Additional
    • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
    Other and unspecified abnormal findings in urine
ICD-10-CM R82.81 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 695 Kidney and urinary tract signs and symptoms with mcc
  • 696 Kidney and urinary tract signs and symptoms without mcc
Code History
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): New code
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to R82.81:
  • Type 1 Excludes: N39.0
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N39.0

    Urinary tract infection, site not specified

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    • candidiasis of urinary tract (B37.4-)
    • neonatal urinary tract infection (P39.3)
    • pyuria (R82.81)
    • urinary tract infection of specified site, such as:
    • cystitis (N30.-)
    • urethritis (N34.-)
    Use Additional
    • code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent.

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to R82.81:
  • Pyuria R82.81 (bacterial) (sterile)

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To R82.81
R82.1 Myoglobinuria
R82.2 Biliuria
R82.3 Hemoglobinuria
R82.4 Acetonuria
R82.5 Elevated urine levels of drugs, medicaments and biological substances
R82.6 Abnormal urine levels of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source
R82.7 Abnormal findings on microbiological examination of urine
R82.71 Bacteriuria
R82.79 Other abnormal findings on microbiological examination of urine
R82.8 Abnormal findings on cytological and histological examination of urine
R82.81 Pyuria
R82.89 Other abnormal findings on cytological and histological examination of urine
R82.9 Other and unspecified abnormal findings in urine
R82.90 Unspecified abnormal findings in urine
R82.91 Other chromoabnormalities of urine
R82.99 Other abnormal findings in urine
R82.991 Hypocitraturia
R82.992 Hyperoxaluria
R82.993 Hyperuricosuria
R82.994 Hypercalciuria
R82.998 Other abnormal findings in urine

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