Lipoma ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index. The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index is designed to allow medical coders to look up various medical terms and connect them with the appropriate ICD codes. There are 6 terms under the parent term 'Lipoma' in the ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index. Lipoma. See Code: D17.9.
Lipoma Dx 241.1 does cross-check to this CPT. Hope that helps. I would code this with 24076 excision of tumor soft tissue of upper arm and elbow area deep with the dx 214.1 for the prior auth. You must log in or register to reply here.
2016 2017 2018 2019 Billable/Specific Code. D17.22 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. Short description: Benign lipomatous neoplasm of skin, subcu of left arm. The 2018/2019 edition of ICD-10-CM D17.22 became effective on October 1, 2018.
There are 1 terms under the parent term 'Axilla Axillary Fold' in the ICD-10-CM Neoplasms Index .
A primary malignant neoplasm that overlaps two or more contiguous (next to each other) sites should be classified to the subcategory/code .8 ('overlapping lesion'), unless the combination is specifically indexed elsewhere.
All neoplasms are classified in this chapter, whether they are functionally active or not. An additional code from Chapter 4 may be used, to identify functional activity associated with any neoplasm. Morphology [Histology] Chapter 2 classifies neoplasms primarily by site (topography), with broad groupings for behavior, malignant, in situ, benign, ...
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM D17.22 became effective on October 1, 2021.
The Table of Neoplasms should be used to identify the correct topography code. In a few cases, such as for malignant melanoma and certain neuroendocrine tumors, the morphology (histologic type) is included in the category and codes. Primary malignant neoplasms overlapping site boundaries.