Melanocytic nevi of other and unspecified parts of face

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 2 more specific codes instead:

D22.30 Melanocytic nevi of unspecified part of face
D22.39 Melanocytic nevi of other parts of face

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 Melanocytic nevi of other and unspecified parts of 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 D22 Melanocytic nevi

Includes

atypical nevus
blue hairy pigmented nevus
nevus NOS

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
D22.0	Melanocytic nevi of lip	Valid
D22.1	Melanocytic nevi of eyelid, including canthus	Not billable
D22.2	Melanocytic nevi of ear and external auricular canal	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