D86.9 — Sarcoidosis, unspecified
D86.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for sarcoidosis, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
D86.9 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
D86.9 is named in 14 Medicare coverage policies — 14 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52423Billing and Coding: Infliximab and biosimilars
- A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
How D86.9 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 D86.9.
- Sarcoidosis
- Sarcoid›Boeck's
Related codes at this level
Codes that share D86. If D86.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about D86.9
- Is D86.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. D86.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does D86.9 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).