C47
C47: Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C47 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- Kaposi's sarcoma of soft tissue (C46.1)
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- malignant neoplasm of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves and ganglia
Other codes that can never be billed with C47
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- C72Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of central nervous system
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 C47
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- C47.0Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of head, face and neck
- C47.1Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of upper limb, including shoulder
- C47.2Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of lower limb, including hip
- C47.3Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of thorax
- C47.4Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of abdomen
- C47.5Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of pelvis
- C47.6Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of trunk, unspecified
- C47.8Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system
- C47.9Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system, unspecified