D21.2

D21.2: Benign neoplasm of connective and other soft tissue of lower limb, including hip

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

D21.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for benign neoplasm of connective and other soft tissue of lower limb, including hip. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above D21.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on D21: Other benign neoplasms of connective and other soft tissue

benign neoplasm of articular cartilage (D16.-)
benign neoplasm of cartilage of larynx (D14.1)
benign neoplasm of cartilage of nose (D14.0)
benign neoplasm of connective tissue of breast (D24.-)
benign neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system (D36.1-)
benign neoplasm of peritoneum (D20.1)
benign neoplasm of retroperitoneum (D20.0)
benign neoplasm of uterine ligament, any (D28.2)
benign neoplasm of vascular tissue (D18.-)
hemangioma (D18.0-)
lipomatous neoplasm (D17.-)
lymphangioma (D18.1)
uterine leiomyoma (D25.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with D21.2

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

D16Benign neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage

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 D21.2

3 child codes. Green means billable.