D35.00 — Benign neoplasm of unspecified adrenal gland
D35.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for benign neoplasm of unspecified adrenal gland. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
D35.00 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.
Medicare coverage
D35.00 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies — 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
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How D35.00 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to D35.00.
- Adenoma›adrenal(cortical)
- Adenoma›black
- Pheochromocytoma›unspecified site
- Adenoma›adrenal›clear cell
- Adenoma›adrenal›compact cell
- Adenoma›adrenal›glomerulosa cell
- Adenoma›adrenal›heavily pigmented variant
- Adenoma›adrenal›mixed cell
Related codes at this level
Codes that share D35.0. If D35.00 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about D35.00
- Is D35.00 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. D35.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does D35.00 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Benign neoplasms, except benign neuroendocrine tumors (D10-D36).