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D12.9

Benign neoplasm of anus and anal canal

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Benign neoplasm of anus and anal canal

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
D12.0 Benign neoplasm of cecum Valid
D12.1 Benign neoplasm of appendix 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