D23.1
D23.1 — Other benign neoplasm of skin of eyelid, including canthus
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
D23.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other benign neoplasm of skin of eyelid, including canthus. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with D23.1
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at D23.1. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading D23.1 alone.
- D31Benign neoplasm of eye and adnexa
Risk adjustment
D23.1 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 D23.1
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share D23. If D23.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- D23.0Other benign neoplasm of skin of lip
- 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
Questions about D23.1
- Is D23.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. D23.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does D23.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Benign neoplasms, except benign neuroendocrine tumors (D10-D36).