R83.8
BillableOther abnormal findings in cerebrospinal fluid
Other abnormal findings in cerebrospinal fluid
Coding Notes
Inclusion Terms
Alternative clinical terms for this condition
- Abnormal chromosomal findings in cerebrospinal fluid
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
- •abnormal findings on antenatal screening of motherO28
- diagnostic abnormal findings classified elsewhere - see Alphabetical Index
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- •abnormal findings on antenatal screening of motherO28
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal periodP04-P96
- signs and symptoms classified in the body system chapters
- •signs and symptoms of breast,N63, N64.5
- •abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosisR70-R79
- •abnormal findings on examination of urine, without diagnosisR80-R82
- •abnormal tumor markersR97
Related Codes(8)
R83.0Abnormal level of enzymes in cerebrospinal fluid
R83.1Abnormal level of hormones in cerebrospinal fluid
R83.2Abn lev drug/meds/biol subst in cerebrospinal fluid
R83.3Abn lev substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source in CSF
R83.4Abnormal immunological findings in cerebrospinal fluid
R83.5Abnormal microbiological findings in cerebrospinal fluid
R83.6Abnormal cytological findings in cerebrospinal fluid
R83.9Unspecified abnormal finding in cerebrospinal fluid
ICD-11 Equivalents(1)
ICD-11 Equivalents
View full mappingCorresponding ICD-11 codes from the WHO crosswalk mapping
Also Known As / Clinical Terms(171)
SNOMED CT
- Decreased glucose level51798006
- Glucose level below reference range51798006
- Protein electrophoresis abnormal166803003
- Protein electrophoresis outside reference range166803003
- CSF appearance: blood-stained167708006
- Cerebrospinal fluid appearance: blood-stained167708006
- CSF appearance: xanthochromia167709003
- Cerebrospinal fluid appearance: xanthochromia167709003
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) appearance turbid167710008
- Cerebrospinal fluid appearance turbid167710008
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) glucose decreased167740005
- Cerebrospinal fluid glucose below reference range167740005
- Cerebrospinal fluid glucose decreased167740005
- CSF: glucose increased167741009
- Cerebrospinal fluid glucose above reference range167741009
- Cerebrospinal fluid glucose increased167741009
- Cerebrospinal fluid: glucose increased167741009
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) chloride decreased167744001
- Cerebrospinal fluid chloride below reference range167744001
- Cerebrospinal fluid chloride decreased167744001
- CSF: chloride increased167745000
- Cerebrospinal fluid chloride above reference range167745000
- Cerebrospinal fluid chloride increased167745000
- Cerebrospinal fluid: chloride increased167745000
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) chloride abnormal167746004
- Cerebrospinal fluid chloride abnormal167746004
- Cerebrospinal fluid chloride outside reference range167746004
- Cerebrospinal fluid: chloride abnormal167746004
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) globulin increased167750006
- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) globulin concentration increased167750006
- Cerebrospinal fluid globulin above reference range167750006
- Cerebrospinal fluid globulin increased167750006
- Increased globulin concentration of cerebrospinal fluid167750006
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) globulin decreased167751005
- Cerebrospinal fluid globulin below reference range167751005
- Cerebrospinal fluid globulin decreased167751005
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) electrophoresis abnormal167755001
- Cerebrospinal fluid electrophoresis abnormal167755001
- Cerebrospinal fluid electrophoresis outside reference range167755001
- Abnormal histological findings in CSF274834001
- Abnormal histological findings in cerebrospinal fluid274834001
- Sample xanthochromic281277000
- Specimen xanthochromic281277000
- Abnormal histology findings309198006
- Histology abnormal309198006
- CSF appearance - finding365665000
- Finding of cerebrospinal fluid appearance365665000
- Color of specimen - finding365666004
- Colour of specimen - finding365666004
- Finding of color of specimen365666004
- Finding of colour of specimen365666004
- Color of fluid - finding365667008
- Colour of fluid - finding365667008
- Finding of color of fluid365667008
- Finding of colour of fluid365667008
- CSF: chloride level365763002
- CSF: chloride level - finding365763002
- Finding of cerebrospinal fluid chloride level365763002
- Finding of cerebrospinal fluid: chloride level365763002
- CSF protein electrophoretic profile365800006
- CSF protein electrophoretic profile - finding365800006
- Finding of cerebrospinal fluid protein electrophoretic profile365800006
- CSF: globulin level365806000
- Finding of cerebrospinal fluid: globulin level365806000
- Finding of globulin level cerebrospinal fluid365806000
- CSF: protein level365808004
- CSF: protein level - finding365808004
- Finding of cerebrospinal fluid protein level365808004
- Finding of cerebrospinal fluid: protein level365808004
- CSF: glucose level365815007
- CSF: glucose level - finding365815007
- Finding of cerebrospinal fluid: glucose level365815007
- Presence of xanthochromia391493008
- AD7c neuronal thread protein concentration in cerebrospinal fluid above reference range439032005
- Increased AD7c neuronal thread protein concentration in cerebrospinal fluid439032005
- Increased cerebrospinal fluid production723134003
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) appearance cloudy1145323003
- Cerebrospinal fluid appearance cloudy1145323003
- Increased cerebrospinal fluid production due to hyperplasia of choroid plexus1263576001
- Increased cerebrospinal fluid production due to benign choroid plexus papilloma1263577005
- Increased cerebrospinal fluid production due to benign papilloma of choroid plexus1263577005
- Increased cerebrospinal fluid production due to choroid plexus carcinoma1263578000
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) protein above reference range1362036008
- Protein in cerebrospinal fluid above reference range1362036008
UMLS
Clinical Terms
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) appearance cloudy
- Finding of color of specimen
- CSF: protein level - finding
- CSF appearance - finding
- Protein electrophoresis outside reference range
- Increased cerebrospinal fluid production due to choroid plexus carcinoma
- Cerebrospinal fluid glucose increased
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) chloride abnormal
- CSF: globulin level
- Cerebrospinal fluid chloride above reference range
- CSF: chloride increased
- Cerebrospinal fluid chloride outside reference range
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) chloride decreased
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) electrophoresis abnormal
- Cerebrospinal fluid appearance cloudy
- Abnormal chromosomal findings in cerebrospinal fluid
- Finding of cerebrospinal fluid appearance
- Cerebrospinal fluid electrophoresis outside reference range
- CSF: chloride level
- Abnormal histology findings
- Finding of color of fluid
- Increased cerebrospinal fluid production due to benign choroid plexus papilloma
- Cerebrospinal fluid appearance turbid
- Finding of cerebrospinal fluid: glucose level
- Protein electrophoresis abnormal
- CSF: protein level
- Sample xanthochromic
- CSF protein electrophoretic profile - finding
- Cerebrospinal fluid globulin below reference range
- Cerebrospinal fluid globulin increased
- Cerebrospinal fluid: glucose increased
- Increased cerebrospinal fluid production due to hyperplasia of choroid plexus
- Cerebrospinal fluid: chloride abnormal
- Finding of cerebrospinal fluid: protein level
- Histology abnormal
- Finding of cerebrospinal fluid: globulin level
- Cerebrospinal fluid globulin decreased
- CSF: glucose level - finding
- Increased cerebrospinal fluid production due to benign papilloma of choroid plexus
- Cerebrospinal fluid glucose below reference range
- Specimen xanthochromic
- Finding of cerebrospinal fluid protein electrophoretic profile
- Cerebrospinal fluid glucose above reference range
- CSF: chloride level - finding
- Glucose level below reference range
- Colour of specimen - finding
- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) globulin concentration increased
- Cerebrospinal fluid electrophoresis abnormal
- Cerebrospinal fluid chloride below reference range
- Abnormal histological findings in CSF
- Cerebrospinal fluid glucose decreased
- Color of fluid - finding
- AD7c neuronal thread protein concentration in cerebrospinal fluid above reference range
- Cerebrospinal fluid globulin above reference range
- Abnormal histological findings in cerebrospinal fluid
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) protein above reference range
- Cerebrospinal fluid chloride abnormal
- Cerebrospinal fluid: chloride increased
- Increased globulin concentration of cerebrospinal fluid
- Increased AD7c neuronal thread protein concentration in cerebrospinal fluid
- Protein in cerebrospinal fluid above reference range
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) globulin decreased
- Color of specimen - finding
- Finding of cerebrospinal fluid protein level
- Decreased glucose level
- CSF appearance: blood-stained
- Cerebrospinal fluid chloride increased
- Cerebrospinal fluid appearance: blood-stained
- Finding of colour of specimen
- Cerebrospinal fluid appearance: xanthochromia
- Colour of fluid - finding
- Finding of cerebrospinal fluid chloride level
- CSF: glucose level
- Finding of globulin level cerebrospinal fluid
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) glucose decreased
- CSF appearance: xanthochromia
- Finding of colour of fluid
- Increased cerebrospinal fluid production
- CSF: glucose increased
- CSF protein electrophoretic profile
- Finding of cerebrospinal fluid: chloride level
- Presence of xanthochromia
- Cerebrospinal fluid chloride decreased
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) appearance turbid
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) globulin increased
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for other abnormal findings in cerebrospinal fluid?
The ICD-10-CM code for other abnormal findings in cerebrospinal fluid is R83.8. The full clinical description is "Other abnormal findings in cerebrospinal fluid". R83.8 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.
What does ICD-10 code R83.8 mean?
ICD-10-CM code R83.8 represents “Other abnormal findings in cerebrospinal fluid”. It is classified under Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is R83.8 a billable code?
Yes, R83.8 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is R83.8 in?
R83.8 is in Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings (codes R00-R99).
What codes cannot be used with R83.8?
R83.8 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-); diagnostic abnormal findings classified elsewhere - see Alphabetical Index.
What SNOMED CT codes does R83.8 map to?
R83.8 maps to 32 SNOMED CT concepts: 439032005, 274834001, 309198006, 1145323003, 167710008, and 27 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for R83.8?
R83.8 is linked to 2 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C2830499, C0478172. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
How does R83.8 relate to ICF functioning codes?
ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like other abnormal findings in cerebrospinal fluid affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.
What is the ICD-11 equivalent of R83.8?
R83.8 maps to the ICD-11 code: MB70.8 (Other abnormal findings in cerebrospinal fluid).
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