D23.9
D23.9: Other benign neoplasm of skin, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
D23.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other benign neoplasm of skin, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check D23.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above D23.9
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above D23.9
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
D23.9 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 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
- Adenoma›apocrine›unspecified site
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under D23
- D23.0Other benign neoplasm of skin of lip
- 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