C49.A
C49.A — Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C49.A is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for gastrointestinal stromal tumor. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
C49.A 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 C49.A
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- C49.A0Gastrointestinal stromal tumor, unspecified site
- C49.A1Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of esophagus
- C49.A2Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of stomach
- C49.A3Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of small intestine
- C49.A4Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of large intestine
- C49.A5Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of rectum
- C49.A9Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of other sites
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C49. If C49.A is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- C49.0Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of head, face and neck
- C49.1Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of upper limb, including shoulder
- C49.2Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of lower limb, including hip
- C49.3Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of thorax
- C49.4Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of abdomen
- C49.5Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of pelvis
- C49.6Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of trunk, unspecified
- C49.8Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of connective and soft tissue
- C49.9Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue, unspecified
Questions about C49.A
- Is C49.A a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C49.A is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C49.A sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of mesothelial and soft tissue (C45-C49).