ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › D10-D36 › D35 Benign neoplasm of other and... › D35.0

D35.0

Benign neoplasm of adrenal gland

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:

  • D35.00 Benign neoplasm of unspecified adrenal gland
  • D35.01 Benign neoplasm of right adrenal gland
  • D35.02 Benign neoplasm of left adrenal gland

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 adrenal gland

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 D35 Benign neoplasm of other and unspecified endocrine glands

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • benign neoplasm of endocrine pancreas (D13.7)
  • benign neoplasm of ovary (D27.-)
  • benign neoplasm of testis (D29.2.-)
  • benign neoplasm of thymus (D15.0)

Use additional code

  • code to identify any functional activity

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
D35.1 Benign neoplasm of parathyroid gland Valid
D35.2 Benign neoplasm of pituitary gland Valid
D35.3 Benign neoplasm of craniopharyngeal duct Valid
D35.4 Benign neoplasm of pineal gland Valid
D35.5 Benign neoplasm of carotid body Valid
D35.6 Benign neoplasm of aortic body and other paraganglia Valid
D35.7 Benign neoplasm of other specified endocrine glands Valid
D35.9 Benign neoplasm of endocrine gland, unspecified Valid