D22.7
Header — not billableMelanocytic nevi of lower limb, including hip
The ICD-10 code for melanocytic nevi of lower limb, including hip is D22.7.
D22.7 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- D22.0Melanocytic nevi of lip
- D22.1Melanocytic nevi of eyelid, including canthusnon-billable header
- D22.2Melanocytic nevi of ear and external auricular canalnon-billable header
- D22.3Melanocytic nevi of other and unspecified parts of facenon-billable header
- D22.4Melanocytic nevi of scalp and neck
- D22.5Melanocytic nevi of trunk
- D22.6Melanocytic nevi of upper limb, including shouldernon-billable header
- D22.9Melanocytic nevi, unspecified
- D22.7Melanocytic nevi of lower limb, including hipnon-billable header