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C72.4

C72.4: Malignant neoplasm of acoustic nerve

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

C72.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of acoustic nerve. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C72.4

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on C72: Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of central nervous system

  • malignant neoplasm of meninges (C70.-)
  • malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system (C47.-)

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 C72.4

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under C72

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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