Satisfactory anal smear but lacking transformation zone
Billable / specific
R85.616 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from R85)
- abnormal findings in peritoneal fluid
- abnormal findings in saliva
- 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.
- Note: 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.
- Note: The conditions and signs or symptoms included in categories R00-R94 consist of:
- Note: (a) cases for which no more specific diagnosis can be made even after all the facts bearing on the case have been investigated;
- Note: (b) signs or symptoms existing at the time of initial encounter that proved to be transient and whose causes could not be determined;
- Note: (c) provisional diagnosis in a patient who failed to return for further investigation or care;
- Note: (d) cases referred elsewhere for investigation or treatment before the diagnosis was made;
- Note: (e) cases in which a more precise diagnosis was not available for any other reason;
- Note: (f) certain symptoms, for which supplementary information is provided, that represent important problems in medical care in their own right.
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- abnormal cytological findings in specimens from other digestive organs and abdominal cavity (R85.69) (from R85.61)
- carcinoma in situ of anus (histologically confirmed) (D01.3) (from R85.61)
- anal intraepithelial neoplasia I [AIN I] (K62.82) (from R85.61)
- anal intraepithelial neoplasia II [AIN II] (K62.82) (from R85.61)
- anal intraepithelial neoplasia III [AIN III] (D01.3) (from R85.61)
- dysplasia (mild) (moderate) of anus (histologically confirmed) (K62.82) (from R85.61)
- severe dysplasia of anus (histologically confirmed) (D01.3) (from R85.61)
- abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-) (from R85)
- diagnostic abnormal findings classified elsewhere - see Alphabetical Index (from R85)
- cloudy peritoneal dialysis effluent (R88.0) (from R85)
- fecal abnormalities (R19.5) (from R85)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- anal high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive (R85.81) (from R85.61)
- anal low risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive (R85.82) (from R85.61)
- abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-) (from R85)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from R85)
- signs and symptoms classified in the body system chapters (from R85)
- signs and symptoms of breast (N63, N64.5) (from R85)
- abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79) (from R85)
- abnormal findings on examination of urine, without diagnosis (R80-R82) (from R85)
- abnormal tumor markers (R97.-) (from R85)
Also known as
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, cytology, anus, satisfactory anal smear but lacking transformation zone
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, Papanicolaou, anus, satisfactory anal smear but lacking transformation zone
Parent code
- R85.61Abnormal cytologic smear of anusHeader
Related codes
- R85.610Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance on cytologic smear of anus (ASC-US)Billable
- R85.611Atypical squamous cells cannot exclude high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of anus (ASC-H)Billable
- R85.612Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of anus (LGSIL)Billable
- R85.613High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cytologic smear of anus (HGSIL)Billable
- R85.614Cytologic evidence of malignancy on smear of anusBillable
- R85.615Unsatisfactory cytologic smear of anusBillable
- R85.618Other abnormal cytological findings on specimens from anusBillable
- R85.619Unspecified abnormal cytological findings in specimens from anusBillable