R82.5
Elevated urine levels of drugs, medicaments and biological substances
This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.
Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
Elevated urine levels of catecholamines Elevated urine levels of indoleacetic acid Elevated urine levels of 17-ketosteroids Elevated urine levels of steroids
abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-) certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) signs and symptoms classified in the body system chapters signs and symptoms of breast (N63, N64.5)
This chapter includes symptoms, signs, abnormal results of clinical or other investigative procedures, and ill-defined conditions regarding which no diagnosis classifiable elsewhere is recorded. Signs and symptoms that point rather definitely to a given diagnosis have been assigned to a category in other chapters of the classification. In general, categories in this chapter include the less well-defined conditions and symptoms that, without the necessary study of the case to establish a final diagnosis, point perhaps equally to two or more diseases or to two or more systems of the body. Practically all categories in the chapter could be designated 'not otherwise specified', 'unknown etiology' or 'transient'. The Alphabetical Index should be consulted to determine which symptoms and signs are to be allocated here and which to other chapters. The residual subcategories, numbered .8, are generally provided for other relevant symptoms that cannot be allocated elsewhere in the classification. The conditions and signs or symptoms included in categories R00-R94 consist of: (a) cases for which no more specific diagnosis can be made even after all the facts bearing on the case have been investigated; (b) signs or symptoms existing at the time of initial encounter that proved to be transient and whose causes could not be determined; (c) provisional diagnosis in a patient who failed to return for further investigation or care; (d) cases referred elsewhere for investigation or treatment before the diagnosis was made; (e) cases in which a more precise diagnosis was not available for any other reason; (f) certain symptoms, for which supplementary information is provided, that represent important problems in medical care in their own right.
Official Guidelines for R82.5
FY 2026 ›Sections that reference R82.5
- I.B.4Signs and symptomsConventions & general rules
… Chapter 18 of ICD-10-CM, Symptoms, Signs, and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified (codes R00.0 - R99) contains many, but not all, codes for symptoms. …
- IV.DCodes that describe symptoms and signsOutpatient services
… Chapter 18 of ICD-10-CM, Symptoms, Signs, and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings Not Elsewhere Classified (codes R00-R99) contain many, but not all codes for symptoms.
Sections whose FY 2026 text names R82.5, its R82 category, or a range containing it — the chapter guidance above is the authoritative source.
Find R82.5 in the alphabetic index
11 index paths lead to this code
- Elevated, elevation › indoleacetic acid
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis › 17-ketosteroids, elevated
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis › catecholamines
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis › indoleacetic acid, elevated
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis › vanillylmandelic acid, elevated
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities › urine › drugs
- Elevated, elevation › urine level of › catecholamine
- Elevated, elevation › urine level of › indoleacetic acid
- Elevated, elevation › urine level of › 17-ketosteroids
- Elevated, elevation › urine level of › steroids
- Elevated, elevation › urine level of › vanillylmandelic acid