ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › D10-D36 › D22 Melanocytic nevi › D22.7

D22.7

Melanocytic nevi of lower limb, including hip

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 3 more specific codes instead:

  • D22.70 Melanocytic nevi of unspecified lower limb, including hip
  • D22.71 Melanocytic nevi of right lower limb, including hip
  • D22.72 Melanocytic nevi of left lower limb, including hip

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 of lower limb, including hip

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
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
D22.3 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
D22.9 Melanocytic nevi, unspecified Valid