R82.5

Billable

ChapterR00–R99

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Official Description

Elevated urine levels of drugs, medicaments and biological substances

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
•Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings (R00-R99).

Instructional Notes

Includes

Elevated urine levels of catecholamines
Elevated urine levels of indoleacetic acid
Elevated urine levels of 17-ketosteroids
Elevated urine levels of steroids

General instructions are available for the parent sections:

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Clinical Hierarchy

CH18Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

R80-R82Abnormal findings on examination of urine, without diagnosis (R80-R82)

R82Other and unspecified abnormal findings in urine

R82.5Elevated urine levels of drugs, medicaments and biological substances

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to R82.5:

categoryR82

Other and unspecified abnormal findings in urine

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blockR80-R82

Abnormal findings on examination of urine, without diagnosis (R80-R82)

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chapterCH18

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to R82.5. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

11 raw paths

Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities1 unique routes

urine (constituents)

drugs→R82.5

Elevated, elevation6 unique routes

indoleacetic acid→R82.5

urine level of(5 variants)

17-ketosteroids→R82.5

catecholamine→R82.5

indoleacetic acid→R82.5

steroids→R82.5

vanillylmandelic acid (VMA)→R82.5