R87.62Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from vagina

R87.62 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for abnormal cytological findings in specimens from vagina. It belongs to category R87 (abnormal findings in specimens from female genital organs), block R83-R89 (abnormal findings on examination of other body fluids, substances and tissues, without diagnosis) and chapter 18 (symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 8 subcodes must be used instead.

Within R87.6 (abnormal cytological findings in specimens from female genital organs), R87.62 is specifically for abnormal cytological findings in specimens from vagina. Related codes cover cervix uteri (R87.61) and other female genital organs (R87.69).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: R87.620 ((ASC-US)), R87.621 ((ASC-H)), R87.622 ((LGSIL)), R87.623 ((HGSIL)), R87.624 (vagina), R87.625 (vagina), R87.628 (vagina) and R87.629 (vagina).

Don't report R87.62 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: abnormal cytological findings in specimens from cervix uteri (R87.61-), abnormal cytological findings in specimens from other female genital organs (R87.69), carcinoma in situ of vagina (histologically confirmed) (D07.2), vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia I [VAIN I] (N89.0) and 4 more.

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of R87.62, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: vaginal high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive (R87.811) and vaginal low risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test positive (R87.821).

Use an additional code to identify acquired absence of uterus and cervix, if applicable (Z90.71-).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.