C40.3
C40.3: Malignant neoplasm of short bones of lower limb
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C40.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of short bones of lower limb. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with C40.3
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- C41Malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage of other and unspecified sites
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead C40.3
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under C40
- C40.0Malignant neoplasm of scapula and long bones of upper limb
- C40.1Malignant neoplasm of short bones of upper limb
- C40.2Malignant neoplasm of long bones of lower limb
- C40.8Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bone and articular cartilage of limb
- C40.9Malignant neoplasm of unspecified bones and articular cartilage of limb