D23.0
D23.0: Other benign neoplasm of skin of lip
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
D23.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other benign neoplasm of skin of lip. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check D23.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- benign neoplasm of vermilion border of lip (D10.0)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above D23.0
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above D23.0
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with D23.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- D10.0Benign neoplasm of lip
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
D23.0 is named in 12 Medicare coverage policies: 12 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56346Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign and Malignant Skin Lesions
- A56464Billing and Coding: Flow Cytometry
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A56658Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under D23
- D23.1Other benign neoplasm of skin of eyelid, including canthus
- D23.2Other benign neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal
- D23.3Other benign neoplasm of skin of other and unspecified parts of face
- D23.4Other benign neoplasm of skin of scalp and neck
- D23.5Other benign neoplasm of skin of trunk
- D23.6Other benign neoplasm of skin of upper limb, including shoulder
- D23.7Other benign neoplasm of skin of lower limb, including hip
- D23.9Other benign neoplasm of skin, unspecified