C72
C72: Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of central nervous system
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C72 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of central nervous system. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with C72
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead C72
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- C72.0Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord
- C72.1Malignant neoplasm of cauda equina
- C72.2Malignant neoplasm of olfactory nerve
- C72.3Malignant neoplasm of optic nerve
- C72.4Malignant neoplasm of acoustic nerve
- C72.5Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified cranial nerves
- C72.9Malignant neoplasm of central nervous system, unspecified