C72.5
C72.5: Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified cranial nerves
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C72.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified cranial nerves. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C72.5
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Other codes that can never be billed with C72.5
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- C71Malignant neoplasm of brain
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 C72.5
2 child codes. Green means billable.