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ICD-10-CM Code D49
Neoplasms of unspecified behavior

NON-BILLABLE
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code D49 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the ten child codes of D49 that describes the diagnosis 'neoplasms of unspecified behavior' in more detail.


Coding Notes for D49 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Code Notes:
Category Section D49 classifies by site neoplasms of unspecified morphology and behavior. The term 'mass', unless otherwise stated, is not to be regarded as a neoplastic growth.
Code Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section.
'growth' NOS
Neoplasm NOS
New growth NOS
Tumor NOS
Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here."
Neoplasms of uncertain behavior - instead, use Section D37-D44, D48)

ICD-10-CM Neoplasms Index References for 'D49 - Neoplasms of unspecified behavior'

The ICD-10-CM Neoplasms Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code D49. Click on any term below to browse the neoplasms index.

skin NOS +

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