Benign neoplasm of appendix

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Benign neoplasm of appendix

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from D12 Benign neoplasm of colon, rectum, anus and anal canal

Excludes2 - not included here

benign carcinoid tumors of the large intestine and rectum (D3A.02-)
polyp of colon NOS (K63.5)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Neoplasm, neoplastic > bowel
Neoplasm, neoplastic > colon
Neoplasm, neoplastic > enteric
Neoplasm, neoplastic > appendix
Neoplasm, neoplastic > intestine, intestinal > large > appendix

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
D12.0	Benign neoplasm of cecum	Valid
D12.2	Benign neoplasm of ascending colon	Valid
D12.3	Benign neoplasm of transverse colon	Valid
D12.4	Benign neoplasm of descending colon	Valid
D12.5	Benign neoplasm of sigmoid colon	Valid
D12.6	Benign neoplasm of colon, unspecified	Valid
D12.7	Benign neoplasm of rectosigmoid junction	Valid
D12.8	Benign neoplasm of rectum	Valid
D12.9	Benign neoplasm of anus and anal canal	Valid