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R93.41 ICD-10-CM Code: Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of renal pelvis, ureter, or bladder

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 695 — KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITH MCC (MDC 11)
  • MS-DRG 696 — KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITHOUT MCC (MDC 11)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of renal pelvis, ureter, or bladder is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (R93.41).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for R93.41 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Includes

Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.

  • nonspecific abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging by computerized axial tomography [CAT scan]
  • nonspecific abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging by magnetic resonance imaging [MRI][NMR]
  • nonspecific abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging by positron emission tomography [PET scan]
  • nonspecific abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging by thermography
  • nonspecific abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging by ultrasound [echogram]
  • nonspecific abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging by X-ray examination

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Filling defect of bladder found on diagnostic imaging
  • Filling defect of renal pelvis found on diagnostic imaging
  • Filling defect of ureter found on diagnostic imaging

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

  • abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-) Compare R93.41 vs O28 →
  • diagnostic abnormal findings classified elsewhere - see Alphabetical Index

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Indexed Clinical Terms (8)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, diagnostic imaging, bladder
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, diagnostic imaging, renal pelvis
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, diagnostic imaging, ureter
  • Defect, defective, filling, bladder
  • Defect, defective, filling, renal pelvis
  • Defect, defective, filling, ureter
  • Filling defect, bladder
  • Filling defect, ureter

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on R93.41 name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

  • FY2018 — 2017-10-01
    Short description revised
    Abn radlgc find on dx imaging of renal pelv,ureter,or blddr → Abn radlgc find on dx imaging renal pelv, ureter, or blddr
    FY2018 changes
  • FY2017 — 2016-10-01
    Added to the code set
    Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of renal pelvis, ureter, or bladder
    FY2017 changes

Verify Before Coding

  • No Medicare Code Editor or MS-DRG Definitions Manual restrictions apply to this code.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim.

Relationships & Classification

Potential MS-DRG Relationships (FY2026)

Not on the CMS CC/MCC list — as a secondary diagnosis this code does not change MS-DRG severity.

Named in the grouper logic of 2 MS-DRGs: DRG 695 (MDC 11), DRG 696 (MDC 11).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):SYM017 — Abnormal findings without diagnosis (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Contextual Map

Every relationship of R93.41 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Hierarchy

  • R00-R99 — Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified (R00-R99) (R00-R99) [Hierarchy]
  • R90-R94 — Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging and in function studies, without diagnosis [Hierarchy]

Clinical classification (CCSR)

  • SYM017 — Abnormal findings without diagnosis [CCSR]

Potential MS-DRG

  • DRG 695 — KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITH MCC [MS-DRG]: “KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITH MCC (MDC 11)”
  • DRG 696 — KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITHOUT MCC [MS-DRG]: “KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITHOUT MCC (MDC 11)”

MDC crossing · procedures (3574)

  • MDC 11 — Diseases and Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract [MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs.”
  • 00HE0MZ — Insertion of Neurostimulator Lead into Cranial Nerve, Open Approach [Same-MDC procedure]: “Insertion of Neurostimulator Lead into Cranial Nerve, Open Approach — grouped in MDC 11, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • 00HE3MZ — Insertion of Neurostimulator Lead into Cranial Nerve, Percutaneous Approach [Same-MDC procedure]: “Insertion of Neurostimulator Lead into Cranial Nerve, Percutaneous Approach — grouped in MDC 11, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • 00HE4MZ — Insertion of Neurostimulator Lead into Cranial Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach [Same-MDC procedure]: “Insertion of Neurostimulator Lead into Cranial Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach — grouped in MDC 11, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • 00HU0MZ — Insertion of Neurostimulator Lead into Spinal Canal, Open Approach [Same-MDC procedure]: “Insertion of Neurostimulator Lead into Spinal Canal, Open Approach — grouped in MDC 11, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • 00HU3MZ — Insertion of Neurostimulator Lead into Spinal Canal, Percutaneous Approach [Same-MDC procedure]: “Insertion of Neurostimulator Lead into Spinal Canal, Percutaneous Approach — grouped in MDC 11, the procedure side of this code's crossing.” · check together
  • and 3569 more

Index entries

  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, diagnostic imaging, bladder[Index term]
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, diagnostic imaging, renal pelvis[Index term]
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, diagnostic imaging, ureter[Index term]
  • Defect, defective, filling, bladder[Index term]
  • Defect, defective, filling, renal pelvis[Index term]
  • Defect, defective, filling, ureter[Index term]
  • Filling defect, bladder[Index term]
  • Filling defect, ureter[Index term]

Nearest codes (22)

  • R93 — Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other body structures [Sibling]
  • R93.0 — Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of skull and head, not elsewhere classified [Sibling]
  • R93.1 — Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of heart and coronary circulation [Sibling]
  • R93.2 — Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of liver and biliary tract [Sibling]
  • R93.3 — Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other parts of digestive tract [Sibling]
  • R93.4 — Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of urinary organs [Sibling]
  • R93.42 — Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of kidney [Sibling]
  • R93.421 — Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of right kidney [Sibling]
  • and 14 more

Change history (2)

  • FY2018 — Short description revised [Change history]
  • and 1 more

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to R93.41 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • R93.0 — Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of skull and head, not elsewhere classified
  • R93.1 — Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of heart and coronary circulation
  • R93.2 — Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of liver and biliary tract
  • R93.3 — Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other parts of digestive tract
  • R93.4 — Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of urinary organs
  • R93.42 — Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of kidney
  • R93.421 — Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of right kidney
  • R93.422 — Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of left kidney
  • R93.429 — Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of unspecified kidney
  • R93.49 — Abnormal radiologic findings on diagnostic imaging of other urinary organs

View all codes in the R93 family