D17.30 — Benign lipomatous neoplasm of skin and subcutaneous tissue of unspecified sites
D17.30 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for benign lipomatous neoplasm of skin and subcutaneous tissue of unspecified sites. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
D17.30 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.
Medicare coverage
D17.30 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies — 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56695Billing and Coding: Implantable Infusion Pump
- A57452Billing and Coding: Peripheral Nerve Blocks
- A57452Billing and Coding: Peripheral Nerve Blocks
- A57788Billing and Coding: Peripheral Nerve Blocks
How D17.30 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 D17.30.
- Lipoma›site classification›connective tissue
- Lipoma›site classification›skin
- Lipoma›site classification›subcutaneous
Related codes at this level
Codes that share D17.3. If D17.30 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about D17.30
- Is D17.30 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. D17.30 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does D17.30 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Benign neoplasms, except benign neuroendocrine tumors (D10-D36).