C65
C65 — Malignant neoplasm of renal pelvis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C65 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of renal pelvis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- malignant neoplasm of pelviureteric junction
- malignant neoplasm of renal calyces
Other codes that can never be billed with C65
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at C65. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading C65 alone.
- C64Malignant neoplasm of kidney, except renal pelvis
Risk adjustment
C65 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 C65
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about C65
- Is C65 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C65 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C65 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of urinary tract (C64-C68).