R85 Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity

Category / Non-billable header 24 subcodes

Block: Abnormal findings on examination of other body fluids, substances and tissues, without diagnosis (R83-R89)

Includes

  • abnormal findings in peritoneal fluid
  • abnormal findings in saliva

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • cloudy peritoneal dialysis effluent (R88.0)
  • fecal abnormalities (R19.5)

Subcodes

Subcodes are listed below for reference. Detail pages are not available for chapters 11–22.

Code Description Billable
R85..0 Abnormal level of enzymes in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity Yes
R85..1 Abnormal level of hormones in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity Yes
R85..2 Abnormal level of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity Yes
R85..3 Abnormal level of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity Yes
R85..4 Abnormal immunological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity Yes
R85..5 Abnormal microbiological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity Yes
R85..6 Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity No
R85..61 Abnormal cytologic smear of anus No
R85..610 Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance on cytologic smear of anus (ASC-US) Yes
R85..611 Atypical squamous cells cannot exclude high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of anus (ASC-H) Yes
R85..612 Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of anus (LGSIL) Yes
R85..613 High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of anus (HGSIL) Yes
R85..614 Cytologic evidence of malignancy on smear of anus Yes
R85..615 Unsatisfactory cytologic smear of anus Yes
R85..616 Satisfactory anal smear but lacking transformation zone Yes
R85..618 Other abnormal cytological findings on specimens from anus Yes
R85..619 Unspecified abnormal cytological findings in specimens from anus Yes
R85..69 Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from other digestive organs and abdominal cavity Yes
R85..7 Abnormal histological findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity Yes
R85..8 Other abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity No
R85..81 Anal high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive Yes
R85..82 Anal low risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive Yes
R85..89 Other abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity Yes
R85..9 Unspecified abnormal finding in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026