R85Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
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Specificity
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- Chapter XVIII
- Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
- Group R83-R89
- Abnormal findings on examination of other body fluids, substances and tissues, without diagnosis
- Official Vietnamese name
- Phát hiện bất thường trong mẫu bệnh phẩm từ cơ quan tiêu hóa và/hoặc ổ bụng
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- [See before R83 for subdivisions] Incl.: Abnormal findings in: peritoneal fluid saliva Excl.: faecal abnormalities (R19.5)
Related R85 codes
R85.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity, abnormal level of enzymes
R85.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity, abnormal level of hormones
R85.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity, abnormal level of other drugs, medicaments and biological substances
R85.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity, abnormal level of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source
R85.4
Primary diagnosis candidate
Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity, abnormal immunological findings
R85.5
Primary diagnosis candidate
Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity, abnormal microbiological findings
R85.6
Primary diagnosis candidate
Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity, abnormal cytological findings
R85.7
Primary diagnosis candidate
Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity, abnormal histological findings
R85.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity, other abnormal findings
R85.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Abnormal findings in specimens from digestive organs and abdominal cavity, unspecified abnormal finding
Clinical record checklist
View coding guide →- Confirm that the code matches the final documented diagnosis.
- Use one primary-diagnosis code and record only relevant additional conditions.
- Review Ministry indicators, inclusions, exclusions and notes.
- Do not infer a diagnosis beyond the clinical record.
2026 regulatory basis
Indicators are taken from columns 24–29 of the classification accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT, cross-referenced with Decision 1849/QĐ-BYT and Official Dispatch 4059/BYT-BH.
