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D22

Melanocytic nevi

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:

  • D22.0 Melanocytic nevi of lip
  • D22.1 Melanocytic nevi of eyelid, including canthus (also a header)
  • D22.2 Melanocytic nevi of ear and external auricular canal (also a header)
  • D22.3 Melanocytic nevi of other and unspecified parts of face (also a header)
  • D22.4 Melanocytic nevi of scalp and neck
  • D22.5 Melanocytic nevi of trunk
  • D22.6 Melanocytic nevi of upper limb, including shoulder (also a header)
  • D22.7 Melanocytic nevi of lower limb, including hip (also a header)
  • D22.9 Melanocytic nevi, unspecified

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Melanocytic nevi

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

Includes

  • atypical nevus
  • blue hairy pigmented nevus
  • nevus NOS