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N60.9

Unspecified benign mammary dysplasia

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:

  • N60.91 Unspecified benign mammary dysplasia of right breast
  • N60.92 Unspecified benign mammary dysplasia of left breast
  • N60.99 Unspecified benign mammary dysplasia of unspecified breast

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 Unspecified benign mammary dysplasia

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 N60 Benign mammary dysplasia

Includes

  • fibrocystic mastopathy

Inherited from the N60-N65 section Disorders of breast (N60-N65)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • disorders of breast associated with childbirth (O91-O92)

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
N60.0 Solitary cyst of breast Not billable
N60.1 Diffuse cystic mastopathy Not billable
N60.2 Fibroadenosis of breast Not billable
N60.3 Fibrosclerosis of breast Not billable
N60.4 Mammary duct ectasia Not billable
N60.8 Other benign mammary dysplasias Not billable