C69.0
C69.0 — Malignant neoplasm of conjunctiva
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C69.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of conjunctiva. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
C69.0 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 C69.0
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C69. If C69.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- C69.1Malignant neoplasm of cornea
- C69.2Malignant neoplasm of retina
- C69.3Malignant neoplasm of choroid
- C69.4Malignant neoplasm of ciliary body
- C69.5Malignant neoplasm of lacrimal gland and duct
- C69.6Malignant neoplasm of orbit
- C69.8Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of eye and adnexa
- C69.9Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of eye
Questions about C69.0
- Is C69.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C69.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C69.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of eye, brain and other parts of central nervous system (C69-C72).