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.
Other codes that can never be billed with C72.5
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at C72.5. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading C72.5 alone.
- C71Malignant neoplasm of brain
Risk adjustment
C72.5 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 C72.5
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C72. If C72.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about C72.5
- Is C72.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C72.5 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C72.5 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).