Desmoid tumor

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, FY2024 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:

D48.110 Desmoid tumor of head and neck
D48.111 Desmoid tumor of chest wall
D48.112 Desmoid tumor, intrathoracic
D48.113 Desmoid tumor of abdominal wall
D48.114 Desmoid tumor, intraabdominal
D48.115 Desmoid tumor of upper extremity and shoulder girdle
D48.116 Desmoid tumor of lower extremity and pelvic girdle
D48.117 Desmoid tumor of back
D48.118 Desmoid tumor of other site
D48.119 Desmoid tumor of unspecified site

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2024 to now.

FY2024 Added to the code set Desmoid tumor

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 D48 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of other and unspecified sites

Excludes1 - never coded here

neurofibromatosis (nonmalignant) (Q85.0-)

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.

Fibromatosis > aggressive

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
D48.19	Other specified neoplasm of uncertain behavior of connective and other soft tissue	Valid