C7A.093 — Malignant carcinoid tumor of the kidney
C7A.093 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for malignant carcinoid tumor of the kidney. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Other codes that can never be billed with C7A.093
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at C7A.093. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading C7A.093 alone.
- C64Malignant neoplasm of kidney, except renal pelvis
Risk adjustment
C7A.093 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 21 Lymphoma and Other Cancers0.671 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
C7A.093 is named in 51 Medicare coverage policies — 51 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52479Oral Anticancer Drugs - Policy Article
- A52479Oral Anticancer Drugs - Policy Article
- A52480Oral Antiemetic Drugs (Replacement for Intravenous Antiemetics) - Policy Article
- A52986Billing and Coding: Biomarkers for Oncology
How C7A.093 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 C7A.093.
- Tumor›carcinoid›malignant›kidney
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C7A.09. If C7A.093 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- C7A.090Malignant carcinoid tumor of the bronchus and lung
- C7A.091Malignant carcinoid tumor of the thymus
- C7A.092Malignant carcinoid tumor of the stomach
- C7A.094Malignant carcinoid tumor of the foregut, unspecified
- C7A.095Malignant carcinoid tumor of the midgut, unspecified
- C7A.096Malignant carcinoid tumor of the hindgut, unspecified
- C7A.098Malignant carcinoid tumors of other sites
Questions about C7A.093
- Is C7A.093 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. C7A.093 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does C7A.093 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neuroendocrine tumors (C7A).