ICD-10-CM Code D39.10

Valid for Submission

D39.10 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of neoplasm of uncertain behavior of unspecified ovary. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code D39.10 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like borderline epithelial tumor of ovary, granulosa cell tumor of ovary, gynandroblastoma of ovary, neoplasm of low malignant potential behavior of ovary, neoplasm of uncertain behavior of ovary, ovarian gonadoblastoma, etc

The code D39.10 is applicable to female patients only. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-female patient.

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code D39.10 are found in the index:

• - Adenofibroma
  • - endometrioid - D27.9
    • - borderline malignancy - D39.10

• - Androblastoma
  • - unspecified site
    • - female - D39.10

• - Arrhenoblastoma
  • - unspecified site
    • - female - D39.10

• - Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention)
  • - multilocular (ovary) - D39.10
  • - ovary, ovarian (twisted) - N83.20
    • - multilocular - D39.10

• - Gonadoblastoma
  • - unspecified site
    • - female - D39.10

• - Gonocytoma
  • - unspecified site
    • - female - D39.10

• - Gynandroblastoma
  • - unspecified site
    • - female - D39.10

• - Papilloma - See Also: Neoplasm, benign, by site;
  • - serous surface
    • - borderline malignancy
      • - unspecified site - D39.10

• - Tumor - See Also: Neoplasm, unspecified behavior, by site;
  • - Leydig cell - See: Neoplasm, uncertain behavior, by site;
    • - unspecified site
      • - female - D39.10

Code Edits

The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:

• Diagnoses for females only - Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient’s sex and any diagnosis on the patient’s record, this code applies to FEMALES only .

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Borderline epithelial tumor of ovary
• Granulosa cell tumor of ovary
• Gynandroblastoma of ovary
• Neoplasm of low malignant potential behavior of ovary
• Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of ovary
• Ovarian gonadoblastoma
• Sex cord tumor of ovary
• Sex cord tumor of ovary
• Virilizing ovarian tumor

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code D39.10 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2020.

• 736 - UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR OVARIAN OR ADNEXAL MALIGNANCY WITH MCC
• 737 - UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR OVARIAN OR ADNEXAL MALIGNANCY WITH CC
• 738 - UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR OVARIAN OR ADNEXAL MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/MCC
• 739 - UTERINE, ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-OVARIAN AND NON-ADNEXAL MALIGNANCY WITH MCC
• 740 - UTERINE, ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-OVARIAN AND NON-ADNEXAL MALIGNANCY WITH CC
• 741 - UTERINE, ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-OVARIAN AND NON-ADNEXAL MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/MCC

Convert D39.10 to ICD-9

• 236.2 - Unc behav neo ovary (Approximate Flag)

Code Classification

• Neoplasms (C00–D48)
  • Neoplasms of uncertain behavior, polycythemia vera and myelodysplastic syndromes (D37-D48)
    • Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of female genital organs (D39)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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