C72.20 — Malignant neoplasm of unspecified olfactory nerve
C72.20 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of unspecified olfactory nerve. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
C72.20 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 20 Lung and Other Severe Cancers1.136 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
C72.20 is named in 32 Medicare coverage policies — 32 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56722Billing and Coding: Intraoperative Neurophysiological Testing
- A56748Billing and Coding: White Cell Colony Stimulating Factors
- A56827Billing and Coding: Proton Beam Therapy
- A56867Billing and Coding: Genomic Sequence Analysis Panels in the Treatment of Solid Organ Neoplasms
Code history
C72.20 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C72.2. If C72.20 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about C72.20
- Is C72.20 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. C72.20 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does C72.20 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of eye, brain and other parts of central nervous system (C69-C72).