D22.71 is the authoritative medical code for Melanocytic nevi of right lower limb, including hip. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for melanocytic nevi of right lower limb, including hip (ICD-10-CM D22.71), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Melanocytic nevi of right lower limb, including hip is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code D22.71. Includes: atypical nevus; blue hairy pigmented nevus; nevus NOS.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for D22.71 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Includes
Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.
- atypical nevus
- blue hairy pigmented nevus
- nevus NOS
Codes in This Family (27)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as D22.71, with their registry titles.
- D22 — Melanocytic nevi
- D22.0 — Melanocytic nevi of lip
- D22.1 — Melanocytic nevi of eyelid, including canthus
- D22.10 — Melanocytic nevi of unspecified eyelid, including canthus
- D22.11 — Melanocytic nevi of right eyelid, including canthus
- D22.111 — Melanocytic nevi of right upper eyelid, including canthus
- D22.112 — Melanocytic nevi of right lower eyelid, including canthus
- D22.12 — Melanocytic nevi of left eyelid, including canthus
- D22.121 — Melanocytic nevi of left upper eyelid, including canthus
- D22.122 — Melanocytic nevi of left lower eyelid, including canthus
- D22.2 — Melanocytic nevi of ear and external auricular canal
- D22.20 — Melanocytic nevi of unspecified ear and external auricular canal
- D22.21 — Melanocytic nevi of right ear and external auricular canal
- D22.22 — Melanocytic nevi of left ear and external auricular canal
- D22.3 — Melanocytic nevi of other and unspecified parts of face
- D22.30 — Melanocytic nevi of unspecified part of face
- D22.39 — Melanocytic nevi of other parts of face
- D22.4 — Melanocytic nevi of scalp and neck
- D22.5 — Melanocytic nevi of trunk
- D22.6 — Melanocytic nevi of upper limb, including shoulder
- D22.60 — Melanocytic nevi of unspecified upper limb, including shoulder
- D22.61 — Melanocytic nevi of right upper limb, including shoulder
- D22.62 — Melanocytic nevi of left upper limb, including shoulder
- D22.7 — Melanocytic nevi of lower limb, including hip
- D22.70 — Melanocytic nevi of unspecified lower limb, including hip
- D22.72 — Melanocytic nevi of left lower limb, including hip
- D22.9 — Melanocytic nevi, unspecified
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ICD Code D23.71
Other benign neoplasm of skin of right lower limb, including hip