ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › D10-D36 › D31 Benign neoplasm of eye and adnexa › D31.0

D31.0

Benign neoplasm of conjunctiva

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:

  • D31.00 Benign neoplasm of unspecified conjunctiva
  • D31.01 Benign neoplasm of right conjunctiva
  • D31.02 Benign neoplasm of left conjunctiva

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 Benign neoplasm of conjunctiva

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 D31 Benign neoplasm of eye and adnexa

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • benign neoplasm of connective tissue of eyelid (D21.0)
  • benign neoplasm of optic nerve (D33.3)
  • benign neoplasm of skin of eyelid (D22.1-, D23.1-)

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
D31.1 Benign neoplasm of cornea Not billable
D31.2 Benign neoplasm of retina Not billable
D31.3 Benign neoplasm of choroid Not billable
D31.4 Benign neoplasm of ciliary body Not billable
D31.5 Benign neoplasm of lacrimal gland and duct Not billable
D31.6 Benign neoplasm of unspecified site of orbit Not billable
D31.9 Benign neoplasm of unspecified part of eye Not billable