ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › D10-D36 › D23 Other benign neoplasms of skin › D23.2

D23.2

Other benign neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal

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:

  • D23.20 Other benign neoplasm of skin of unspecified ear and external auricular canal
  • D23.21 Other benign neoplasm of skin of right ear and external auricular canal
  • D23.22 Other benign neoplasm of skin of left ear and external auricular canal

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 Other benign neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal

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 D23 Other benign neoplasms of skin

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • benign lipomatous neoplasms of skin (D17.0-D17.3)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • melanocytic nevi (D22.-)

Includes

  • benign neoplasm of hair follicles
  • benign neoplasm of sebaceous glands
  • benign neoplasm of sweat glands

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
D23.0 Other benign neoplasm of skin of lip Valid
D23.1 Other benign neoplasm of skin of eyelid, including canthus Not billable
D23.3 Other benign neoplasm of skin of other and unspecified parts of face Not billable
D23.4 Other benign neoplasm of skin of scalp and neck Valid
D23.5 Other benign neoplasm of skin of trunk Valid
D23.6 Other benign neoplasm of skin of upper limb, including shoulder Not billable
D23.7 Other benign neoplasm of skin of lower limb, including hip Not billable
D23.9 Other benign neoplasm of skin, unspecified Valid