D35.2 — Benign neoplasm of pituitary gland
D35.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for benign neoplasm of pituitary gland. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
D35.2 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 23 Prostate, Breast, and Other Cancers and Tumors0.186 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
D35.2 is named in 26 Medicare coverage policies — 26 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A55315Billing and Coding: Proton Beam Therapy
- A56464Billing and Coding: Flow Cytometry
- A56537Billing and Coding: Scanning Computerized Ophthalmic Diagnostic Imaging (SCODI)
- A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
How D35.2 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 D35.2.
- Prolactinoma›unspecified site
- Adenoma›acidophil›unspecified site
- Adenoma›acidophil-basophil, mixed›unspecified site
- Adenoma›basophil›unspecified site
- Adenoma›basophil-acidophil, mixed›unspecified site
- Adenoma›chromophobe›unspecified site
- Adenoma›eosinophil›unspecified site
- Adenoma›mucoid cell›unspecified site
Related codes at this level
Codes that share D35. If D35.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- D35.0Benign neoplasm of adrenal gland
- D35.1Benign neoplasm of parathyroid gland
- D35.3Benign neoplasm of craniopharyngeal duct
- D35.4Benign neoplasm of pineal gland
- D35.5Benign neoplasm of carotid body
- D35.6Benign neoplasm of aortic body and other paraganglia
- D35.7Benign neoplasm of other specified endocrine glands
- D35.9Benign neoplasm of endocrine gland, unspecified
Questions about D35.2
- Is D35.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. D35.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does D35.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Benign neoplasms, except benign neuroendocrine tumors (D10-D36).