D22.6
D22.6 — Melanocytic nevi of upper limb, including shoulder
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
D22.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for melanocytic nevi of upper limb, including shoulder. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
D22.6 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 D22.6
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share D22. If D22.6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- D22.0Melanocytic nevi of lip
- D22.1Melanocytic nevi of eyelid, including canthus
- D22.2Melanocytic nevi of ear and external auricular canal
- D22.3Melanocytic nevi of other and unspecified parts of face
- D22.4Melanocytic nevi of scalp and neck
- D22.5Melanocytic nevi of trunk
- D22.7Melanocytic nevi of lower limb, including hip
- D22.9Melanocytic nevi, unspecified
Questions about D22.6
- Is D22.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. D22.6 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does D22.6 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Benign neoplasms, except benign neuroendocrine tumors (D10-D36).