C74.10 — Malignant neoplasm of medulla of unspecified adrenal gland
C74.10 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of medulla of unspecified adrenal gland. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
C74.10 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to these categories:
- HCC 22 Bladder, Colorectal, and Other Cancers0.363 RAF
- HCC 22 Bladder, Colorectal, and Other Cancers0.363 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
C74.10 is named in 36 Medicare coverage policies — 36 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
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How C74.10 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to C74.10.
- Pheochromoblastoma›unspecified site
- Pheochromocytoma›malignant›unspecified site
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C74.1. If C74.10 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about C74.10
- Is C74.10 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. C74.10 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does C74.10 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of thyroid and other endocrine glands (C73-C75).