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.
Risk adjustment
D21.2 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 D21.2
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share D21. If D21.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- D21.0Benign neoplasm of connective and other soft tissue of head, face and neck
- D21.1Benign neoplasm of connective and other soft tissue of upper limb, including shoulder
- D21.3Benign neoplasm of connective and other soft tissue of thorax
- D21.4Benign neoplasm of connective and other soft tissue of abdomen
- D21.5Benign neoplasm of connective and other soft tissue of pelvis
- D21.6Benign neoplasm of connective and other soft tissue of trunk, unspecified
- D21.9Benign neoplasm of connective and other soft tissue, unspecified
Questions about D21.2
- Is D21.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. D21.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does D21.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Benign neoplasms, except benign neuroendocrine tumors (D10-D36).