D86.8
D86.8 — Sarcoidosis of other sites
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
D86.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for sarcoidosis of other sites. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with D86.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at D86.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading D86.8 alone.
- M01Direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
- M14Arthropathies in other diseases classified elsewhere
- M63Disorders of muscle in diseases classified elsewhere
- N16Renal tubulo-interstitial disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- G53Cranial nerve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- G73.7Myopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
- H20.0Acute and subacute iridocyclitis
- I41Myocarditis in diseases classified elsewhere
Risk adjustment
D86.8 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.
Code to one of these instead D86.8
8 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share D86. If D86.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about D86.8
- Is D86.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. D86.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does D86.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89), in the block Certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D80-D89).