Benign neoplasm of other and ill-defined parts of digestive system

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

D13.0 Benign neoplasm of esophagus
D13.1 Benign neoplasm of stomach
D13.2 Benign neoplasm of duodenum
D13.3 Benign neoplasm of other and unspecified parts of small intestine (also a header)
D13.4 Benign neoplasm of liver
D13.5 Benign neoplasm of extrahepatic bile ducts
D13.6 Benign neoplasm of pancreas
D13.7 Benign neoplasm of endocrine pancreas
D13.9 Benign neoplasm of ill-defined sites within the digestive system (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Benign neoplasm of other and ill-defined parts of digestive system

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

benign stromal tumors of digestive system (D21.4)