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D32.0 ICD-10-CM Code: Benign neoplasm of cerebral meninges

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Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Risk adjustment
CMS-HCC V28: 1 category · CMS-HCC V22 category 12 · RxHCC V08 category 22

Billable · FY2027A valid, specific ICD-10-CM code, reportable for dates of service in FY2027.

What you need to know

Source: CMS/NCHS Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes, quoted. From the CMS/NCHS tabular list for the release in force. A note the category or block publishes applies to this code too; the Instructions section marks which is which.

The tabular list publishes no instructional note for this code itself.

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Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 054 — NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS WITH MCC (MDC 01)
  • MS-DRG 055 — NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS WITHOUT MCC (MDC 01)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Risk Adjustment (CMS-HCC)

Payment categories this diagnosis maps to under CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2026.

  • HCC 23 — Prostate, Breast, and Other Cancers and Tumors

Other models: CMS-HCC V22 HCC 12 · RxHCC V08 HCC 22

Risk scores depend on the enrollee's full accepted diagnosis set and segment; a category mapping alone does not determine payment.

Coder workflow for D32.0

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code D32.0

  1. Confirm the documented site and behavior (this code’s block classifies benign neoplasms), whether the site is primary or secondary, and whether the malignancy is current or a personal history: a previously excised malignancy with no further treatment and no evidence of disease is history, not current disease. Verify the site against the Table of Neoplasms. Neoplasm chapter guidelines (Guidelines I.C.2.a, I.C.2.d, I.C.2.m).

    See the Table of Neoplasms entries · Guide: Active cancer vs history of cancer →

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
Anatomical site
At the most specific level the record states; a site the classification separates cannot be assumed from a procedure or a measurement.
Behavior and current-versus-history status
Malignant, in situ, benign or uncertain; primary or secondary; current disease or personal history (Guidelines I.C.2.m).

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Don’t confuse D32.0 with…

MedCoder analysis — pairs from this code’s official notes, distinctions written by MedCoder

The codes most likely to be picked instead of D32.0 — named in its own official notes, or sharing its laterality or encounter family — with what separates them and which documentation moves the case. Each links to the full comparison.

  • D32.9— Specificity relationship (Review)

    Overlapping diagnoses in the same category.

    Overlapping codes in the same category — the documentation decides which is the more specific fit.

    What moves you there: A record that documents no more than “Benign neoplasm of meninges, unspecified” takes D32.9; specificity in the record moves it back here.

    Full comparison: D32.0 vs D32.9 →

Relationships are read from this code's own official notes, its laterality siblings and its encounter family; the wording of each distinction is MedCoder editorial, and the documentation named in each “what moves you there” line is the official note phrase or sibling title itself. Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a.

Coding context

Guidelines, coding notes, decision aids, relationships (with MS-DRG and CCSR classification), hierarchy, HCC, coverage and the context map: what a coder reaches for after the core. Each section names whether it is official source data, a MedCoder-derived relationship or MedCoder editorial.

Code Overview

Benign neoplasm of cerebral meninges is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (D32.0).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Verify Before Coding

  • No Medicare Code Editor or MS-DRG Definitions Manual restrictions apply to this code.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder-derived relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name D32.0 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes, the CMS Table of Neoplasms and the CMS Table of Neoplasms (site match derived from the code title). Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 1 Excludes1 note: D33 — Benign neoplasm of brain and other parts of central nervous system (via D32.-).

These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.

Referenced by 4 Same-site neoplasm codes: C70.0 — Malignant neoplasm of cerebral meningesCompare D32.0 vs C70.0 →, C79.32 — Secondary malignant neoplasm of cerebral meningesCompare D32.0 vs C79.32 →, D42.0 — Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of cerebral meningesCompare D32.0 vs D42.0 →, D49.7 — Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of endocrine glands and other parts of nervous systemCompare D32.0 vs D49.7 →.

These codes represent related neoplasm behaviors affecting the same anatomic site.

Referenced by 1 Screening & history code: Z85.841 — Personal history of malignant neoplasm of brainCompare D32.0 vs Z85.841 →.

These codes represent screening tests and history codes that refer to this active disease condition.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2027)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2027 MS-DRG: not on the CMS CC/MCC list — as a secondary diagnosis this code does not change MS-DRG severity for that release.

Named in the grouper logic of 2 MS-DRGs: DRG 054 (MDC 01), DRG 055 (MDC 01).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):NEO073 — Benign neoplasms (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same CMS-HCC risk category (V28)

CMS maps these diagnoses to the same Hierarchical Condition Category (Prostate, Breast, and Other Cancers and Tumors) for risk-adjusted payment.

D03.59 — Melanoma in situ of other part of trunk, D03.60 — Melanoma in situ of unspecified upper limb, including shoulder, D03.61 — Melanoma in situ of right upper limb, including shoulder, D03.62 — Melanoma in situ of left upper limb, including shoulder, D03.70 — Melanoma in situ of unspecified lower limb, including hip, D03.71 — Melanoma in situ of right lower limb, including hip, D03.72 — Melanoma in situ of left lower limb, including hip, D03.8 — Melanoma in situ of other sites, D03.9 — Melanoma in situ, unspecified, D18.02 — Hemangioma of intracranial structures, D32.1 — Benign neoplasm of spinal meninges, D32.9 — Benign neoplasm of meninges, unspecified, D33.0 — Benign neoplasm of brain, supratentorial, D33.1 — Benign neoplasm of brain, infratentorial, D33.2 — Benign neoplasm of brain, unspecified, D33.3 — Benign neoplasm of cranial nerves, D33.4 — Benign neoplasm of spinal cord, D33.7 — Benign neoplasm of other specified parts of central nervous system, D33.9 — Benign neoplasm of central nervous system, unspecified, D35.2 — Benign neoplasm of pituitary gland, +213 more

Related risk categories

These categories interact through CMS's HCC hierarchy — one can suppress the other's risk-adjustment weight when both are present on a claim.

Cancer Metastatic to Lung, Liver, Brain, and Other Organs; Acute Myeloid Leukemia Except Promyelocytic, Cancer Metastatic to Bone, Other and Unspecified Metastatic Cancer; Acute Leukemia Except Myeloid, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Multiple Myeloma, and Other Cancers, Lung and Other Severe Cancers, Lymphoma and Other Cancers, Bladder, Colorectal, and Other Cancers

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Benign neoplasms).

D31.42 — Benign neoplasm of left ciliary body, 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, D31.60 — 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, D31.90 — 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, D32.1 — Benign neoplasm of spinal meninges, D32.9 — Benign neoplasm of meninges, unspecified, D33.0 — Benign neoplasm of brain, supratentorial, D33.1 — Benign neoplasm of brain, infratentorial, D33.2 — Benign neoplasm of brain, unspecified, D33.3 — Benign neoplasm of cranial nerves, D33.4 — Benign neoplasm of spinal cord, D33.7 — Benign neoplasm of other specified parts of central nervous system, D33.9 — Benign neoplasm of central nervous system, unspecified, D34 — Benign neoplasm of thyroid gland, +252 more

Lab tests where this diagnosis supports Medicare coverage (NCD)

Medicare's National Coverage Determination (NCD) program lists this diagnosis as medical justification for these lab tests.

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Contextual Map

Every relationship of D32.0 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

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Hierarchy

Same site

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

Referenced by Same-site neoplasm codes

Referenced by Screening & history codes MedCoder-derived

Clinical classification (CCSR)

Risk adjustment (CMS-HCC)

  • HCC 23 — Prostate, Breast, and Other Cancers and Tumors [CMS-HCC]— CMS-HCC V28 · 2026

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • MDC 01 — Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 8,919 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2027

Neoplasm sites (13)

  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, arachnoid, cerebral — Neoplasm, neoplastic, arachnoid, cerebral — Benign [Neoplasm table]: “Neoplasm, neoplastic, arachnoid, cerebral (Benign)”— CMS Table of Neoplasms · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, brain NEC, meninges — Neoplasm, neoplastic, brain NEC, meninges — Benign [Neoplasm table]: “Neoplasm, neoplastic, brain NEC, meninges (Benign)”— CMS Table of Neoplasms · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, cerebrum, cerebral (cortex) (hemisphere) (white matter), meninges — Neoplasm, neoplastic, cerebrum, cerebral (cortex) (hemisphere) (white matter), meninges — Benign [Neoplasm table]: “Neoplasm, neoplastic, cerebrum, cerebral (cortex) (hemisphere) (white matter), meninges (Benign)”— CMS Table of Neoplasms · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, cranial (fossa, any), meninges — Neoplasm, neoplastic, cranial (fossa, any), meninges — Benign [Neoplasm table]: “Neoplasm, neoplastic, cranial (fossa, any), meninges (Benign)”— CMS Table of Neoplasms · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, dura (cranial) (mater), cerebral — Neoplasm, neoplastic, dura (cranial) (mater), cerebral — Benign [Neoplasm table]: “Neoplasm, neoplastic, dura (cranial) (mater), cerebral (Benign)”— CMS Table of Neoplasms · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, falx (cerebella) (cerebri) — Neoplasm, neoplastic, falx (cerebella) (cerebri) — Benign [Neoplasm table]: “Neoplasm, neoplastic, falx (cerebella) (cerebri) (Benign)”— CMS Table of Neoplasms · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, meninges, brain — Neoplasm, neoplastic, meninges, brain — Benign [Neoplasm table]: “Neoplasm, neoplastic, meninges, brain (Benign)”— CMS Table of Neoplasms · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, meninges, cerebral — Neoplasm, neoplastic, meninges, cerebral — Benign [Neoplasm table]: “Neoplasm, neoplastic, meninges, cerebral (Benign)”— CMS Table of Neoplasms · icd10cm-fy2027
  • and 5 more

Nearest codes

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Reference

Index terms and tables, published questions and FAQ, every source behind this page with its release and checksum, the date-of-service check and the complete change history.

Neoplasm Table Sites (13)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Anatomical sites from the official ICD-10-CM Table of Neoplasms that map to this code, with the matching behavior column.

  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, arachnoid, cerebral — Benign
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, brain NEC, meninges — Benign
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, cerebrum, cerebral (cortex) (hemisphere) (white matter), meninges — Benign
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, cranial (fossa, any), meninges — Benign
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, dura (cranial) (mater), cerebral — Benign
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, falx (cerebella) (cerebri) — Benign
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, meninges, brain — Benign
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, meninges, cerebral — Benign
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, meninges, cranial — Benign
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, meninges, intracranial — Benign
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, pia mater, cerebral — Benign
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, pia mater, cranial — Benign
  • Neoplasm, neoplastic, tentorium (cerebelli) — Benign

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2027 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2026 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v44.0 (October 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v44 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Risk adjustment Official source data
2026 Mid-Year Final ICD-10 Mappings + Model Software (cms.gov/files/zip/2026-midyear-final-icd-10-mappings.zip, 2026-midyear-final-model-software.zip) — CMS-HCC V28, PY2026 mid-year final release Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder-derived relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder editorial explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

Current data releases:ICD-10-CM FY2027 · ICD-10-PCS FY2027 · HCPCS October 2026 · MS-DRG v44 · Medicare Code Editor v44.0 · NCCI PTP Q4 2026 · MUE Q4 2026 · NCD code lists 2026-01 · LCD export September 28, 2026 · All releases and sources

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Reference this page in a research guide, syllabus or article. The release is included because code content changes each year.

MedCoder.ai. "D32.0 — Benign neoplasm of cerebral meninges." ICD-10-CM FY2027. https://medcoder.ai/icd10/code/d32.0-benign-neoplasm-of-cerebral-meninges

Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Benign neoplasm of cerebral meninges

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027, and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to D32.0 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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