D17.9
D17.9: Benign lipomatous neoplasm, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
D17.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for benign lipomatous neoplasm, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check D17.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Lipoma NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with D17.9
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.
Medicare coverage
D17.9 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
- A57452Billing and Coding: Peripheral Nerve Blocks
- A57788Billing and Coding: Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Fibromyxolipoma
- Lipoma
- Myxolipoma
- Lipoma›fetal
- Lipoma›infiltrating
- Lipoma›intramuscular
- Lipoma›pleomorphic
- Lipoma›spindle cell
- Lipoma›fetal›fat cell
- Lipoma›site classification›unspecified
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under D17
- 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
- D17.3Benign lipomatous neoplasm of skin and subcutaneous tissue of other and unspecified sites
- 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