R78.4
Finding of other drugs of addictive potential in blood
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Hierarchy
Where R78.4 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.
- R78 Parent Findings of drugs and other substances, not normally found in blood
- R78.4 This code Finding of other drugs of addictive potential in blood
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.
Excludes2
mental or behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19)
Inherited from R78 — Findings of drugs and other substances, not normally found in blood
Version History
How R78.4 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentFinding of other drugs of addictive potential in blood
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedFinding of other drugs of addictive potential in blood
Related Codes
Other codes under R78
- R78.0 Finding of alcohol in blood Billable
- R78.1 Finding of opiate drug in blood Billable
- R78.2 Finding of cocaine in blood Billable
- R78.3 Finding of hallucinogen in blood Billable
- R78.5 Finding of other psychotropic drug in blood Billable
- R78.6 Finding of steroid agent in blood Billable
- R78.7 Finding of abnormal level of heavy metals in blood
- R78.8 Finding of other specified substances, not normally found in blood
- R78.9 Finding of unspecified substance, not normally found in blood Billable
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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