D3A.00 — Benign carcinoid tumor of unspecified site
D3A.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for benign carcinoid tumor of unspecified site. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Carcinoid tumor NOS
Risk adjustment
D3A.00 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 22 Bladder, Colorectal, and Other Cancers0.363 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
D3A.00 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies — 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
How D3A.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 D3A.00.
- Tumor›carcinoid
- Tumor›carcinoid›benign
Related codes at this level
Codes that share D3A.0. If D3A.00 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about D3A.00
- Is D3A.00 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. D3A.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does D3A.00 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Benign neuroendocrine tumors (D3A).