Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of unspecified endocrine gland

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of endocrine gland, unspecified
FY2011 Draft description revised draft ~~Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of endocrine gland, unspecified~~ Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of unspecified endocrine 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 D44 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of endocrine glands

Excludes1 - never coded here

multiple endocrine adenomatosis (E31.2-)
multiple endocrine neoplasia (E31.2-)
neoplasm of uncertain behavior of endocrine pancreas (D37.8)
neoplasm of uncertain behavior of ovary (D39.1-)
neoplasm of uncertain behavior of testis (D40.1-)
neoplasm of uncertain behavior of thymus (D38.4)

Inherited from the D37-D48 section Neoplasms of uncertain behavior, polycythemia vera and myelodysplastic syndromes (D37-D48)

Excludes1 - never coded here

neoplasms of unspecified behavior (D49.-)

Note

Categories D37-D44, and D48 classify by site neoplasms of uncertain behavior, i.e., histologic confirmation whether the neoplasm is malignant or benign cannot be made.

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.

Neoplasm, neoplastic > pluriendocrine
Neoplasm, neoplastic > endocrine gland NEC
Adenoma > multiple endocrine > unspecified site
Adenoma > endocrine, multiple > unspecified site
Neoplasm, neoplastic > gland, glandular > endocrine NEC
Neoplasm, neoplastic > endocrine gland NEC > pluriglandular

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
D44.0	Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of thyroid gland	Valid
D44.1	Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of adrenal gland	Not billable
D44.2	Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of parathyroid gland	Valid
D44.3	Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of pituitary gland	Valid
D44.4	Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of craniopharyngeal duct	Valid
D44.5	Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of pineal gland	Valid
D44.6	Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of carotid body	Valid
D44.7	Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of aortic body and other paraganglia	Valid