D22.9
D22.9: Melanocytic nevi, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
D22.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for melanocytic nevi, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check D22.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberOther codes that can never be billed with D22.9
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- I78.1Nevus, non-neoplastic
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
D22.9 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 9 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56695Billing and Coding: Implantable Infusion Pump
- A57044Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
- A57161Billing and Coding: Benign Skin Lesion Removal (Excludes Actinic Keratosis, and Mohs)
- A57452Billing and Coding: Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Nevus
- Sutton's nevus
- Blue›nevus
- Nevus›skin
- Nevus›Sutton's benign
- Nevus›skin›nail
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under D22
- 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
- D22.6Melanocytic nevi of upper limb, including shoulder
- D22.7Melanocytic nevi of lower limb, including hip