C76
C76 — Malignant neoplasm of other and ill-defined sites
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C76 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of other and ill-defined sites. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Other codes that can never be billed with C76
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at C76. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading C76 alone.
Risk adjustment
C76 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 C76
7 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about C76
- Is C76 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C76 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C76 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of ill-defined, other secondary and unspecified sites (C76-C80).
- What cannot be coded together with C76?
- C76 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.