D16
D16: Benign neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
D16 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for benign neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage. 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 D16
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
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 D16
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- D16.0Benign neoplasm of scapula and long bones of upper limb
- D16.1Benign neoplasm of short bones of upper limb
- D16.2Benign neoplasm of long bones of lower limb
- D16.3Benign neoplasm of short bones of lower limb
- D16.4Benign neoplasm of bones of skull and face
- D16.5Benign neoplasm of lower jaw bone
- D16.6Benign neoplasm of vertebral column
- D16.7Benign neoplasm of ribs, sternum and clavicle
- D16.8Benign neoplasm of pelvic bones, sacrum and coccyx
- D16.9Benign neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage, unspecified