C70
C70 — Malignant neoplasm of meninges
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C70 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of meninges. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with C70
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at C70. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading C70 alone.
- C72Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of central nervous system
Risk adjustment
C70 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 C70
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about C70
- Is C70 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C70 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C70 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).