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D48.11

D48.11: Desmoid tumor

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

D48.11 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for desmoid tumor. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Aggressive fibromatosis

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above D48.11

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on D48.1: Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of connective and other soft tissue

  • neoplasm of uncertain behavior of articular cartilage (D48.0)
  • neoplasm of uncertain behavior of cartilage of larynx (D38.0)
  • neoplasm of uncertain behavior of cartilage of nose (D38.5)
  • neoplasm of uncertain behavior of connective tissue of breast (D48.6-)

Written on D48: Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of other and unspecified sites

  • neurofibromatosis (nonmalignant) (Q85.0-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead D48.11

10 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under D48.1

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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