796.4 - Other Abnormal Clinical Findings
The ICD 9 Code for Other abnormal clinical findings is listed as 796.4.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | 796.4 |
| Long Description: | Other abnormal clinical findings |
| Short Description: | Abn clinical finding NEC |
| Chapter: | Symptoms, Signs, And Ill Defined Conditions |
| Block: | Nonspecific Abnormal Findings (790-796) |
| Related Descriptions: |
10g monofilament sensation L foot abnormal
10g monofilament sensation L foot normal 10g monofilament sensation R foot abnormal 8-9 month examination abnormal - for observation Abdominal dullness finding Abdominal migraine - symptom Abdominal organ finding Abnormal 11-deoxy, 17-hydroxycorticosterone Abnormal ability to understand Abnormal amount of urine output Abnormal arterial pulse pressure Abnormal biorhythm Abnormal bone marrow iron Abnormal capillary filling Abnormal capillary fragility test Abnormal carbohydrate sequence Abnormal chronobiologic state Abnormal circannual biorhythm Abnormal circatrigintan biorhythm Abnormal color Abnormal consistency Abnormal cortisone Abnormal decrease in number Abnormal decrease in quantity Abnormal developmental screening Abnormal distribution Abnormal electron microscopy findings Abnormal estradiol Abnormal extracardiac tracer uptake Abnormal facies Abnormal female reproductive function Abnormal finding on evaluation procedure Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity Abnormal food appetite Abnormal frequency of defecation Abnormal gamma globulin level Abnormal general body function Abnormal globulin level Abnormal glucagon Abnormal head circumference in relation to growth / age standard Abnormal height in relation to growth / age standard Abnormal hormonal requirement Abnormal infradian biorhythm Abnormal macromolecular binding Abnormal microbiological finding in specimen from female genital organ Abnormal microbiological finding in specimen from male genital organ Abnormal monocyte production Abnormal neurovascular status of distal limb Abnormal nucleotide base sequence Abnormal organ weight Abnormal platelet production Abnormal pregnanediol Abnormal presence of alpha-fetoprotein Abnormal presence of endometrial cells in specimen from a menopausal woman Abnormal presence of galactose Abnormal presence of hemoglobin Abnormal presence of myoglobin Abnormal presence of protein Abnormal quantity of physiologic substance Abnormal renin secretion Abnormal respiratory laboratory results Abnormal response to sound Abnormal response to visual stimuli Abnormal secretin Abnormal serotonin Abnormal size Abnormal small intestine secretion Abnormal structure of alpha-globulin Abnormal structure of alpha>1< globulin Abnormal structure of phospholipid Abnormal structure of physiologic substance Abnormal systolic arterial pressure Abnormal thickness Abnormal thyroxine Abnormal translucency Abnormal triiodothyronine Abnormal urogenital discharge Abnormal vanillylmandelic acid Abnormal venous pressure Abnormal vital signs Abnormal weight in relation to growth / age standard Abnormally decreased organ weight Abnormally increased laxity Abnormally increased organ Abnormally shaped pinna Abnormally soft consistency Abnormally thin Absence of therapeutic response Absence of vital signs Absent bone marrow iron Absent osmoregulation Absent response to visual stimuli Acenesthesia Aceto-white reaction positive Acute failure Acute insufficiency Adson's sign Airway contains vomitus Albumin in sample Alcohol in blood specimen above reference range Allergic facies Altered bladder function Amine test positive Amniotic fetal cell abnormal Anal, deep radial surgical margin not involved by tumor Anal, distal surgical margin not involved by tumor Anal, proximal surgical margin not involved by tumor Angiocardiography equivocal Animal inoculation: bacteria Animal inoculation: fungus Animal inoculation: parasite Animal inoculation: virus Anterior drawer test positive Anti-dengue IgG antibody negative Anti-dengue IgG antibody positive Anti-dengue IgM antibody negative Anti-dengue IgM antibody positive Anti-nuclear factor positive Anti-nuclear factor weakly positive Antibody studies abnormal Antimicrobial activity Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody positive Aschheim-Zondek test positive Ascitic fluid blood-stained Ascitic fluid cloudy Ascitic fluid purulent Ascitic fluid: malignant cells Ascitic fluid: pus cells Ascorbate-cyanide screening test positive Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) level abnormal Atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype Bacterial colony consistency, brittle Bacterial colony elevation Bacterial colony elevation, convex Bacterial colony elevation, flat Bacterial colony hemolysis, alpha Bacterial colony hemolysis, beta Bacterial colony morphology, erose margin Bacterial colony shape, irregular Bacterial growth in animal culture Bacterial growth present Band neutrophil count above reference range Base deficit Base excess Basement membrane antibodies present Bayonet sign Bence Jones protein detected Bipartite clavicle Blood pressure ABNORMAL - deleted Blue lips Bluish discoloration of cervix Bone conduction better than air Bone densimetry abnormal Bone marrow examination abnormal BP reading labile Bragard test positive Braun von Fernwald's sign BRCA1 gene mutation negative BRCA1 gene mutation positive BRCA2 gene mutation positive Breast cancer genetic marker of susceptibility positive Breast cold Brucella ring test failed C-reactive protein abnormal Calculus calcium oxalate content Calculus carbaptite content Calculus hydroxyapatite content Carcinoembryonic antigen above reference range Carcinoembryonic antigen present Cardiac stress recovery state Catecholamine in urine specimen above reference range Cellular atypia due to antineoplastic agent Cervical discharge Cherubic facies Chlamydia polymerase chain reaction positive Chronic insufficiency Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease finding Clostridium difficile toxin A detected Clotting time above reference range Combined systolic and diastolic dysfunction Copies of human immunodeficiency virus ribonucleic acid above reference range Corvisart's facies Cough impulse of mass absent Creatinine clearance-glomerular filtration abnormal Crepitus uteri Cribriform neoplasm pattern Cytomegalovirus antibody in serum positive Cytoplasmic bacteria present D D-xylose absorption test abnormal D-Xylose intolerance Danforth's sign Decreased blood leukocyte number Decreased blood volume Decreased capillary filling time Decreased ceroid Decreased fertility Decreased fluid pressure Decreased functional residual capacity Decreased general body function Decreased granulocyte production Decreased macromolecular binding Decreased methemoglobin Decreased need for sleep Decreased red reflex Decreased translucency Decreased turbidity Decreased vascular resistance Decreased venous wedge pressure Deep (radial) surgical margin not involved by tumor (colon/rectum) Deep surgical margin involvement by tumor present Deep surgical margin, focal, involvement by tumor present Deep surgical margin, multifocal, involvement by tumor present Defective molecular assembly Deficiency of DNA repair Deficiency of N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfatase Degenerative disorder Degenerative sequelae of disorders Delayed skin test reaction Delivery risk Destot sign Destot sign present (situation) Determination of bacterial growth Dick test positive Disorder of body system Distress Doll's head reflex absent Doppler studies abnormal Down's screening blood test abnormal Downward drift of outstretched supinated arm Drawer sign Drug-related disorder Dry stool Duffy blood group Dynamic extension test negative Dynamic extension test positive Electrolytes abnormal Endoscopy abnormal Epstein-Barr virus antibody in serum positive Equivocal plantar response left Equivocal plantar response right Excess subcutaneous fat of lower limb Excess subcutaneous fat of upper limb Excessive postexertional fatigue Exercise tolerance test abnormal Extensor plantar response left Extensor plantar response right Extraprostatic extension of tumor indeterminate Extraprostatic extension of tumor present, multifocal Extraprostatic extension of tumor present, unifocal Eye cornering in direction of sound absent Eye cornering in direction of sound equivocal Eye cornering in direction of sound present Eyelash reflex present Fast metabolic rate Female sex hormones abnormal Femoral nerve stretch test negative Fetal anomaly present in specimen Fetoplacental hormones abnormal Final consonant deletion Finding of ascitic fluid appearance Finding of bacteria: serology Finding of blood, lymphatics and immune system Finding of hyphal elements Finding of irregular blood group antibody present Finding of post-mortem isolation: organism Finding of Providencia stuartii, urease positive Finding of serology: organism Finding of yeast with pseudohyphae Finding related to attentiveness Finding related to dying process Finding related to expression of religious beliefs Finding related to giving of individual health history Finding related to pain control behavior Finding related to perinatal risk factor Finding related to reproductive risk factor Finding related to substance use Finger-finger test abnormal Finkelstein's test positive Follicle-stimulating hormone level abnormal Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)/Forced vital capacity (FVC) > 70% of predicted Forearm DXA scan T score Forearm DXA scan Z score Forensic examination abnormal Frame-shift mutation Free androgenic index abnormal Functional disorder Functional heart murmur Fungus on microscopy Gamma-glutamyl transferase level abnormal Gas gangrene smell Gastric aspirate containing blood Gastric aspirate containing feces Gastric aspirate containing liquor Gene re-arrangement, alpha chain, T cell antigen receptor Gene re-arrangement, gamma chain, T cell antigen receptor Giving-way Glucose in sample Goodell's sign Gorissenne's sign Gower's eye sign Gram-positive cocci in chains Gram-positive cocci in clusters Grey Turner's sign Gross pathology - abnormality Guthrie test abnormal Hair absent Halban's sign Halo sign Hard vein Head compression test positive Heaf: positive Hearing test bilateral abnormality Heat in vaginal fornix Heel DXA scan T score Heel DXA scan Z score Helicobacter CLO test observations Helicobacter pylori antibody above reference range Hemoglobin A1c between 7%-10% indicating borderline diabetic control Hemoglobin A1c greater than 10% indicating poor diabetic control Hepatitis B surface antigen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay positive Hepatitis C virus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test positive Heterophile agglutin test abnormal High grade (poorly differentiated to undifferentiated) High risk of primary heart disease High vaginal swab: fungal organism isolated High vaginal swab: white cells seen Homans' sign Hormone abnormality Hormone increase Human immunodeficiency virus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test positive Human placental lactogen abnormal Hurloid facies Hutchinson's sign Hyperbetaglobulinemia Hypnic jerk Hypoalphaglobulinemia Hypocellular bone marrow Hypoglobulinemia Hypopituitary facies Imipramine in urine Immediate skin test reaction Impairment of balance Inadequate achievement of developmental tasks Inadequate analgesia Inadequate flow to support prescribed dialysis blood flow Increased 11-deoxy, 17-hydroxycorticosterone level Increased adrenocorticotropic hormone level Increased blood monocyte number Increased body mass index Increased cancer antigen 125 Increased ceroid Increased hormone secretion Increased lead level Increased leg circumference Increased lung tracer uptake Increased molecular dissociation Increased platelet destruction Increased pressure Increased renin secretion Increased testosterone level Increased thickness Increased translucency Increased turbidity Indoleacetic acid in urine specimen above reference range Inefficiency Inferior lateral surgical margin involvement by tumor present Inflammation of specific body structures or tissue Inflammation of specific body systems Inflammatory disorder of extremity Inflammatory disorder of head Inflammatory hereditary disorder Intraabdominal pressure above reference range Intraocular pressure left eye Intraocular pressure right eye Intratumoral/peritumoral lymphocytic response absent Intratumoral/peritumoral lymphocytic response marked Intratumoral/peritumoral lymphocytic response mild to moderate Involuntary vocalization Irregular bowel habits Joint stress test positive Kocher's sign La antibody positive Lachman test positive Las Left kidney absent Left lateral surgical margin involvement by tumor present Leukocyte maturation arrest Low density lipoprotein cholesterol above reference range Lower limb arteriogram abnormal Lumbar spine DXA scan T score Lumbar spine DXA scan Z score Lupus erythematosus cells present Luteinizing hormone level abnormal Lyme enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay positive Macromolecular defective synthesis Malignant neoplasm detection during interval between recommended screening examinations Marrow megakaryocyte decrease Marrow megakaryocytes abnormal Marrow: primitive blast cells+ McMurray test positive Medical Research Council (MRC) Breathlessness Scale: grade 3 Medical Research Council Breathlessness Scale grade 1 Medical Research Council Breathlessness Scale grade 2 Medical Research Council Breathlessness Scale grade 4 Medical Research Council Breathlessness Scale grade 5 Methylene blue test failed Micropapillary neoplasm pattern Mitral facies Multiple aggregation Negative inotropic effect on myocardium Neurological diagnostic procedure - abnormal Neuronal depopulation New left ventricular wall motion abnormality compared to prior study Nikolsky sign Nitrazine yellow test for detection of rupture of amniotic membrane positive Obturator sign Offensive body odor On examination - a deformity On examination - a lump On examination - a swelling On examination - abnormal joint movement On examination - bleeding gums On examination - blood pressure labile On examination - blood pressure reading raised On examination - blood pressure reading very high On examination - bone - unusual posture On examination - bone abnormality On examination - bone deformed On examination - bone marrow- foreign cells On examination - bone shortened On examination - bone-abnormal movement On examination - bone-abnormal prominence On examination - bounding pulse On examination - cardiac thrill On examination - chest deformity On examination - chest wall veins distended On examination - collapsing pulse On examination - color of left foot abnormal On examination - continuous cardiac thrill On examination - dark ground microorganism On examination - deep sensation absent On examination - deep sensation reduced On examination - diastolic cardiac thrill On examination - discolored teeth On examination - Electron microscopy: bacteria On examination - Electron microscopy: fungus On examination - Electron microscopy: organism On examination - Electron microscopy: parasite On examination - Electron microscopy: virus On examination - external female genitalia abnormal On examination - exudate on tonsils On examination - femur bone abnormal On examination - foot bone abnormal On examination - forearm bone abnormal On examination - frontal sinus tenderness On examination - hand bone abnormal On examination - Hess test positive On examination - jugular venous engorgement On examination - laryngoscopy abnormal On examination - lateral abdominal wall veins distended On examination - left dorsalis pedis absent On examination - left femoral pulse absent On examination - Left foot deformity On examination - left popliteal pulse absent On examination - left posterior tibial pulse absent On examination - lip swelling On examination - Little's area hyperemic On examination - localized chest deformity On examination - lower leg bone abnormal On examination - lymph nodes discrete On examination - lymph nodes firm On examination - lymph nodes fluctuant On examination - lymph nodes hard On examination - lymph nodes tender On examination - lymph nodes tethered On examination - macroscopic:organism seen On examination - maxillary sinus tenderness On examination - mouth - excessive salivation On examination - mouth - purpuric spots On examination - multiple bones abnormal On examination - nasal mucosa hyperemic On examination - nasal mucosa pale On examination - nasal mucosa wet/boggy On examination - pelvic bone abnormal On examination - plateau pulse On examination - poor venous access On examination - pulse absent On examination - pulse irregularly irregular On examination - pulse rate very fast On examination - pulse rate very slow On examination - pulse rate-pulse deficit On examination - pulse regularly irregular On examination - red reflex absent On examination - rib abnormal On examination - right dorsalis pedis pulse absent On examination - right femoral pulse absent On examination - Right foot color abnormal On examination - Right foot deformity On examination - right popliteal pulse absent On examination - right posterior tibial pulse absent On examination - Romberg test positive On examination - shoulder bone abnormal On examination - skin cyanosed over lesion On examination - skin over lesion cold On examination - skin over lesion hot On examination - skin over lesion warm On examination - skin red over lesion On examination - skull abnormal On examination - spine abnormal On examination - spleen just palpable On examination - stained microscopy: bacteria On examination - stained microscopy: fungus On examination - stained microscopy: organism On examination - stained microscopy: parasite On examination - stereognosis - reduced On examination - systolic cardiac thrill On examination - temperature discrimination absent On examination - temperature discrimination reduced On examination - thin pulse-pulsus parvus On examination - upper arm bone abnormal On examination - uvula deviated left On examination - uvula deviated right On rectal examination of prostate abnormality detected Ortolani's test positive Oto-acoustic emission test abnormal Oto-acoustic emission test equivocal Palpable mass Papule Paradoxical cardiac wall motion Parkinson's facies Patellar compression test positive Pathognomonic sign Phalen's test positive Phosphatase test failed Physical health problems Piskacek's sign Pivot shift test - instability Pivot shift test positive Pleural invasion by tumor present Pleuritic breathing Polymerase chain reaction positive for hepatitis C viral ribonucleic acid genotype 1A Polymerization Poor auditory sequential memory Poor eye contact Poor visual sequential memory Positive genetic finding Positive horizontal board test Positive reversibility test to a combination of salbutamol and ipratropium bromide Post-mortem - bacteria isolated Postcoital cervic mucus - non-progressive motile and immotile sperm Postcoital cervical mucus sperm - rapid progressive motility Postcoital cervical mucus sperm - slow progressive motility Postcoital test abnormal Posterior drawer test negative Posterior drawer test positive Problem, abnormal examination Problem, abnormal test Pseudolipomatosis Pus cells Radioactive iodine uptake above reference range Radionuclide heart study abnormal Raised cardiac enzyme or marker Raised TSH level Rapid urease test for Helicobacter pylori infection positive Reaginic antibodies present Redistribution Reflux of contrast medium Respiratory flow rate abnormal Rheumatoid factor positive Ribonucleoprotein antibody positive Right lateral surgical margin involved by tumor Ringed sideroblast Rinne's test positive Rubbery subcutaneous tissue Rubella antibody present - immune Rubella enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test result, greater than 10iu/ml rubella specific IgG detected Rubella enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test result, greater than 15iu/ml rubella specific IgG detected Rubella enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test result, less than 10iu/ml rubella specific IgG detected Rubella enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test result; less than 15iu/ml rubella specific IgG detected Sample contains cold agglutinins Sample examination: abnormal Sample grossly hemolyzed Sample grossly icteric Sample grossly lipemic Sample slightly hemolyzed Sample slightly icteric Sample slightly lipemic Sample xanthochromic Sample: bacteria cultured Sample: bacteria not sensitive Sample: bacteria sensitive Sample: direct microscopy: bacteria present Sample: direct microscopy: fungus present Sample: direct microscopy: parasite present Sample: fungus isolated Sample: no bacteria cultured Sample: organism cultured Sample: organism isolated Sample: salmonella cultured Sample: virus identified Sample: yeast isolated Schick test positive Screened - abnormality Screening - NAD Seidel test, negative finding Seidel test, positive finding Sequela Sequelae of disorders by system of sequelae Sequelae of disorders classified by disorder-system Sequelae of inflammatory diseases Sequelae of poisoning or toxic effects Sequelae of reproductive disorders Serial peak expiratory flow rate abnormal Serum 17-B-estriol level abnormal Serum androstenedione abnormal Serum bilirubin borderline low Serum pregnancy test negative Serum progesterone level abnormal Serum testosterone level abnormal Shifting abdominal dullness finding Short stature for age Sialuria Sign Simulated rotation test negative Simulated rotation test positive Single lump Skin loss exposing muscle Skin reaction extreme Skin reaction weak Slow relaxing peripheral reflexes Slump test negative Slump test positive Small vessel invasion by tumor present Smells of urine Snout reflex absent Snout reflex present Spalding-Horner sign Special cardiovascular system test abnormal Special ENT procedure abnormal Special examination - abnormality Special female test abnormal Special gastrointestinal tract test abnormal Special male test abnormal Specimen involvement by multifocal invasion Specimen with abnormal presence of endometrial cells Sperm motile no progression Spirometry reversibility negative Spirometry reversibility positive Stemmer sign positive (situation) Stepping reflex absent Stepping reflex present Stomach problem Straight leg raising absent Straight leg raising reduced Stroke test finding Stroke test negative Stroke test positive Subacute failure Sucking reflex absent Sucking reflex present Superficial mass Superior lateral surgical margin involved by tumor Supinator reflex brisk Supinator reflex delayed Supinator reflex inverted Supinator reflex present only with reinforcement Supinator reflex reduced Surgical lateral margin involved by tumor Surgical margin involvement by tumor absent (breast) Surgical margin involvement by tumor present (breast) Surgical margins of excised lesion not clear Swallowing reflex absent Swallowing reflex present Sweat test abnormal Tache noire Talar tilt Theophylline level therapeutic Thomas test positive Tissue cytology abnormal Tonometry abnormal Toxic state Toxoplasma gondii antibody positive Trace element excess Transfer factor Triceps reflex present only with reinforcement Triceps reflex reduced Troponin I above reference range Two placental membranes present Two point static discrimination absent Two point static discrimination present Tympanic membrane completely visible Tympanic membrane partially visible Tympanogram abnormal Undifferentiated histological grade finding Unequal blood pressure in arms Unidentified pathogenic bacteria recovered Unusual change in behavior Upper limb arteriogram abnormal Urobilinogenemia Vaginal vault smear abnormal Venogram abnormal Villous atrophy Vomit appearance - abnormal Vomit examination abnormal Vomit occult blood positive Vomit odor feculent Vomit odor offensive Vomit toxicology: nil found Vomit: excessive acidity Vomit: excessive alkalinity Warm extremities Wilson's sign |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | R68.89 - Other general symptoms and signs (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 796.4: | |
| 796.0 - Nonspecific abnormal toxicological findings | |
| 796.1 - Abnormal reflex | |
| 796.2 - Elevated blood pressure reading without diagnosis of hypertension | |
| 796.3 - Nonspecific low blood pressure reading | |
| 796.5 - Abnormal finding on antenatal screening | |
| 796.6 - Abnormal findings on neonatal screening | |
| 796.9 - Other nonspecific abnormal findings | |