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R78.4 - Finding of other drugs of addictive potential in blood


The ICD 10 Code for Finding of other drugs of addictive potential in blood is listed as R78.4.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: R78.4
Description: Finding of other drugs of addictive potential in blood
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
947 - Signs & Symptoms W Mcc
948 - Signs & Symptoms W/o Mcc
Chapter Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Block Abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79)
Parent R78 - Findings of drugs and other substances, not normally found in blood
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 790.99 - Other nonspecific findings on examination of blood (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R78.4:
R78.0 - Finding of alcohol in blood
R78.1 - Finding of opiate drug in blood
R78.2 - Finding of cocaine in blood
R78.3 - Finding of hallucinogen in blood
R78.5 - Finding of other psychotropic drug in blood
R78.6 - Finding of steroid agent in blood
R78.7 - Finding of abnormal level of heavy metals in blood
R78.8 - Finding of other specified substances, not normally found in blood
R78.9 - Finding of unspecified substance, not normally found in blood