R82.7
Header — not billableAbnormal findings on microbiological examination of urine
The ICD-10 code for abnormal findings on microbiological examination of urine is R82.7.
R82.7 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 2 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- colonization status (Z22.-)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under R82.7
Related codes in this category
- R82.0Chyluria
- R82.1Myoglobinuria
- R82.2Biliuria
- R82.3Hemoglobinuria
- R82.4Acetonuria
- R82.5Elevated urine levels of drugs, medicaments and biological substances
- R82.6Abnormal urine levels of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source
- R82.8Abnormal findings on cytological and histological examination of urinenon-billable header
- R82.9Other and unspecified abnormal findings in urinenon-billable header
- R82.7Abnormal findings on microbiological examination of urinenon-billable header