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Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 796.78
Unsatisfactory anal cytology smear
  • Short description: Anal cytolgy smr unsatis.
  • ICD-9-CM 796.78 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 796.78 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM 796.78.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 796.78: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 796.78 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R85.615 Unsatisfactory cytologic smear of anus
Approximate Synonyms
  • Anal cytology smear unsatisfactory
  • Anal Papanicolaou smear unsatisfactory for evaluation
  • Unsatisfactory anal Pap
Applies To
  • Inadequate anal cytology sample
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 796.78:
  • Inadequate, inadequacy
  • Papanicolaou smear
    • anus 796.70
      • with
        • atypical squamous cells
          • cannot exclude high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (ASC-H) 796.72
          • of undetermined significance (ASC-US) 796.71
        • cytologic evidence of malignancy 796.76
        • high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HGSIL) 796.74
        • low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LGSIL) 796.73
      • glandular 796.70
      • specified finding NEC 796.79
      • unsatisfactory cytology 796.78
  • Unsatisfactory
 796.77 ICD9Data.com 796.79 
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