ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › D10-D36 › D16 Benign neoplasm of bone and... › D16.4

D16.4

Benign neoplasm of bones of skull and face

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 bones of skull and face

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 D16 Benign neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • benign neoplasm of connective tissue of ear (D21.0)
  • benign neoplasm of connective tissue of eyelid (D21.0)
  • benign neoplasm of connective tissue of larynx (D14.1)
  • benign neoplasm of connective tissue of nose (D14.0)
  • benign neoplasm of synovia (D21.-)

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.

Showing 40 of 135 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
D16.0 Benign neoplasm of scapula and long bones of upper limb Not billable
D16.1 Benign neoplasm of short bones of upper limb Not billable
D16.2 Benign neoplasm of long bones of lower limb Not billable
D16.3 Benign neoplasm of short bones of lower limb Not billable
D16.5 Benign neoplasm of lower jaw bone Valid
D16.6 Benign neoplasm of vertebral column Valid
D16.7 Benign neoplasm of ribs, sternum and clavicle Valid
D16.8 Benign neoplasm of pelvic bones, sacrum and coccyx Valid
D16.9 Benign neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage, unspecified Valid