D16.1
D16.1: Benign neoplasm of short bones of upper limb
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
D16.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for benign neoplasm of short bones of upper limb. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above D16.1
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on D16: Benign neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage
Other codes that can never be billed with D16.1
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- D21Other benign neoplasms of connective and other soft tissue
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 D16.1
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under D16
- D16.0Benign neoplasm of scapula and long 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