D17.3
D17.3 — Benign lipomatous neoplasm of skin and subcutaneous tissue of other and unspecified sites
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
D17.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for benign lipomatous neoplasm of skin and subcutaneous tissue of other and unspecified sites. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with D17.3
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at D17.3. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading D17.3 alone.
- D23Other benign neoplasms of skin
Risk adjustment
D17.3 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 D17.3
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share D17. If D17.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- D17.0Benign lipomatous neoplasm of skin and subcutaneous tissue of head, face and neck
- D17.1Benign lipomatous neoplasm of skin and subcutaneous tissue of trunk
- D17.2Benign lipomatous neoplasm of skin and subcutaneous tissue of limb
- D17.4Benign lipomatous neoplasm of intrathoracic organs
- D17.5Benign lipomatous neoplasm of intra-abdominal organs
- D17.6Benign lipomatous neoplasm of spermatic cord
- D17.7Benign lipomatous neoplasm of other sites
- D17.9Benign lipomatous neoplasm, unspecified
Questions about D17.3
- Is D17.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. D17.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does D17.3 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Benign neoplasms, except benign neuroendocrine tumors (D10-D36).