R87.821

Vaginal low risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive

Billable / specific

R87.821 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 R87)

  • abnormal findings in secretion and smears from cervix uteri
  • abnormal findings in secretion and smears from vagina
  • abnormal findings in secretion and smears from vulva
  • 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 findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-) (from R87)
  • diagnostic abnormal findings classified elsewhere - see Alphabetical Index (from R87)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-) (from R87)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from R87)
  • signs and symptoms classified in the body system chapters (from R87)
  • signs and symptoms of breast (N63, N64.5) (from R87)
  • abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79) (from R87)
  • abnormal findings on examination of urine, without diagnosis (R80-R82) (from R87)
  • abnormal tumor markers (R97.-) (from R87)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code for associated human papillomavirus (B97.7) (from R87.82)

Also known as

  • Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis, human papillomavirusDNA test positive, vagina, low risk

Parent code

  • R87.82Low risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive from female genital organsHeader

Related codes

  • R87.820Cervical low risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positiveBillable

Browse