C47.2
C47.2 — Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of lower limb, including hip
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C47.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of lower limb, including hip. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
C47.2 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead C47.2
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C47. If C47.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- C47.0Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of head, face and neck
- C47.1Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of upper limb, including shoulder
- 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
Questions about C47.2
- Is C47.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C47.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C47.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of mesothelial and soft tissue (C45-C49).