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Neoplasms
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D10-D36
Benign neoplasms, except benign neuroendocrine tumors
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Benign neoplasm of eye and adnexa
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D31.6
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D31.6
Benign neoplasm of unspecified site of orbit
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- D31.6 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM D31.6 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of D31.6 - other international versions of ICD-10 D31.6 may differ.
Applicable To- Benign neoplasm of connective tissue of orbit
- Benign neoplasm of extraocular muscle
- Benign neoplasm of peripheral nerves of orbit
- Benign neoplasm of retrobulbar tissue
- Benign neoplasm of retro-ocular tissue
Type 1 ExcludesType 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as D31.6. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
The following code(s) above
D31.6 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
D31.6:
Clinical Information
- Abnormal growth of the cells of the orbit that has no evidence of malignant characteristics.
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to D31.6:
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Type 1 Excludes: D21.0, D33, D36.1
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D21.0
Benign neoplasm of connective and other soft tissue of head, face and neck
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Benign neoplasm of connective tissue of ear
- Benign neoplasm of connective tissue of eyelid
Type 1 Excludes- benign neoplasm of connective tissue of orbit (D31.6-)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D33
Benign neoplasm of brain and other parts of central nervous system
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- angioma (D18.0-)
- benign neoplasm of meninges (D32.-)
- benign neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system (D36.1-)
- hemangioma (D18.0-)
- neurofibromatosis (Q85.0-)
- retro-ocular benign neoplasm (D31.6-)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D36.1
Benign neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- benign neoplasm of peripheral nerves of orbit (D31.6-)
- neurofibromatosis (Q85.0-)
- Nevus D22.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D22.9
Melanocytic nevi, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- orbit D31.6-
- retrobulbar D31.6-
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To D31.6
D31.31 Benign neoplasm of right choroid
D31.32 Benign neoplasm of left choroid
D31.4 Benign neoplasm of ciliary body
D31.40 Benign neoplasm of unspecified ciliary body
D31.41 Benign neoplasm of right ciliary body
D31.42 Benign neoplasm of left ciliary body
D31.5 Benign neoplasm of lacrimal gland and duct
D31.50 Benign neoplasm of unspecified lacrimal gland and duct
D31.51 Benign neoplasm of right lacrimal gland and duct
D31.52 Benign neoplasm of left lacrimal gland and duct
D31.6
Benign neoplasm of unspecified site of orbit
D31.60 Benign neoplasm of unspecified site of unspecified orbit
D31.61 Benign neoplasm of unspecified site of right orbit
D31.62 Benign neoplasm of unspecified site of left orbit
D31.9 Benign neoplasm of unspecified part of eye
D31.90 Benign neoplasm of unspecified part of unspecified eye
D31.91 Benign neoplasm of unspecified part of right eye
D31.92 Benign neoplasm of unspecified part of left eye
D32 Benign neoplasm of meninges
D32.0 Benign neoplasm of cerebral meninges
D32.1 Benign neoplasm of spinal meninges
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.