Melanocytic nevi of lip

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 Melanocytic nevi of lip

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 D22 Melanocytic nevi

Includes

atypical nevus
blue hairy pigmented nevus
nevus NOS

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.

Melanosarcoma
Nevocarcinoma
Melanoblastoma
Melanocarcinoma
Mole > cancerous
Melanoepithelioma
Nevus > malignant
Sarcoma > melanotic
Nevus > blue > malignant
Lentigo > maligna > melanoma
Freckle > malignant melanoma in
Melanosarcoma > epithelioid cell
Mole > malignant > meaning > melanoma
Melanosis > precancerous > malignant melanoma in
Nevus > pigmented > giant > malignant melanoma in
Hutchinson's > melanotic freckle > malignant melanoma in
Nevus > skin > lip

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
D22.1	Melanocytic nevi of eyelid, including canthus	Not billable
D22.2	Melanocytic nevi of ear and external auricular canal	Not billable
D22.3	Melanocytic nevi of other and unspecified parts of face	Not billable
D22.4	Melanocytic nevi of scalp and neck	Valid
D22.5	Melanocytic nevi of trunk	Valid
D22.6	Melanocytic nevi of upper limb, including shoulder	Not billable
D22.7	Melanocytic nevi of lower limb, including hip	Not billable
D22.9	Melanocytic nevi, unspecified	Valid