D48.0 is the authoritative medical code for Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of bone and articular cartilage. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for neoplasm of uncertain behavior of bone and articular cartilage (ICD-10-CM D48.0), 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
Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of bone and articular cartilage is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code D48.0. Excludes1 (not coded here): neoplasm of uncertain behavior of cartilage of ear D48.1-; neoplasm of uncertain behavior of cartilage of larynx D38.0; neoplasm of uncertain behavior of cartilage of nose D38.5; neoplasm of uncertain behavior of connective tissue of eyelid D48.1-; neoplasm of uncertain behavior of synovia D48.1-; neurofibromatosis nonmalignant Q85.0-; neoplasms of unspecified behavior D49.-.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for D48.0 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
- neoplasm of uncertain behavior of cartilage of ear D48.1-
- neoplasm of uncertain behavior of cartilage of larynx D38.0
- neoplasm of uncertain behavior of cartilage of nose D38.5
- neoplasm of uncertain behavior of connective tissue of eyelid D48.1-
- neoplasm of uncertain behavior of synovia D48.1-
- neurofibromatosis nonmalignant Q85.0-
- neoplasms of unspecified behavior D49.-
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
What can't be coded together with D48.0?
Per Excludes1 instructions, D48.0 must not be reported with: neoplasm of uncertain behavior of cartilage of ear (D48.1-); neoplasm of uncertain behavior of cartilage of larynx (D38.0); neoplasm of uncertain behavior of cartilage of nose (D38.5); neoplasm of uncertain behavior of connective tissue of eyelid (D48.1-).
Codes in This Family (24)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as D48.0, with their registry titles.
- D48 — Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of other and unspecified sites
- D48.1 — Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of connective and other soft tissue
- D48.11 — Desmoid tumor
- D48.110 — Desmoid tumor of head and neck
- D48.111 — Desmoid tumor of chest wall
- D48.112 — Desmoid tumor, intrathoracic
- D48.113 — Desmoid tumor of abdominal wall
- D48.114 — Desmoid tumor, intraabdominal
- D48.115 — Desmoid tumor of upper extremity and shoulder girdle
- D48.116 — Desmoid tumor of lower extremity and pelvic girdle
- D48.117 — Desmoid tumor of back
- D48.118 — Desmoid tumor of other site
- D48.119 — Desmoid tumor of unspecified site
- D48.19 — Other specified neoplasm of uncertain behavior of connective and other soft tissue
- D48.2 — Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system
- D48.3 — Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of retroperitoneum
- D48.4 — Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of peritoneum
- D48.5 — Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of skin
- D48.6 — Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of breast
- D48.60 — Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of unspecified breast
- D48.61 — Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of right breast
- D48.62 — Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of left breast
- D48.7 — Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of other specified sites
- D48.9 — Neoplasm of uncertain behavior, unspecified
Indexed Clinical Terms (3)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Ecchondrosis
- Osteoclastoma
- Tumor, giant cell, bone
Neoplasm Table Sites (120)
Anatomical sites from the official ICD-10-CM Table of Neoplasms that map to this code, with the matching behavior column.
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, alveolar, ridge or process — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, alveolar, ridge or process, lower — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, alveolar, ridge or process, upper — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, atlas — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), acetabulum — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), atlas — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), axis — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), back NEC — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), calvarium — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), cartilage NEC — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), clavicle — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), clivus — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), coccygeal vertebra — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), coccyx — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), costal cartilage — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), costovertebral joint — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), cranial — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), cuneiform — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), ethmoid (labyrinth) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), face — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), frontal — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), hip — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), hyoid — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), ilium — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), innominate — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), intervertebral cartilage or disc — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), ischium — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), jaw (lower) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), malar — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), mandible — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), mastoid — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), maxilla, maxillary (superior) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), maxilla, maxillary (superior), inferior — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), nose, nasal — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), occipital — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), orbit — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), parietal — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), pelvic — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), pubic — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), rib — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), sacral vertebra — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), sacrum — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), sella turcica — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), skull — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), sphenoid — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), spine, spinal (column) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), spine, spinal (column), coccyx — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), spine, spinal (column), sacrum — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), sternum — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), temporal — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), turbinate — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), vertebra (column) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), vertebra (column), coccyx — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), vertebra (column), sacrum — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), vomer — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), xiphoid process — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, bone (periosteum), zygomatic — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, calvarium — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, cartilage NEC (articular) (joint) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, cartilage NEC (articular) (joint), costal — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, cartilage NEC (articular) (joint), ensiform — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, cartilage NEC (articular) (joint), intervertebral — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, cartilage NEC (articular) (joint), rib — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, cartilage NEC (articular) (joint), semilunar (knee) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, clavicle — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, clivus — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, coccygeal, vertebra — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, coccyx — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, costal cartilage — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, costovertebral joint — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, disc, intervertebral — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, ensiform cartilage — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, ethmoid (sinus), bone or labyrinth — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, frontal, bone — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, ilium — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, intervertebral cartilage or disc — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, ischium — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, jaw, bone — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, joint NEC — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, joint NEC, costovertebral — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, joint NEC, sternocostal — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, joint NEC, temporomandibular — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, malar — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, mandible — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, mandible, alveolar, ridge or process — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, mastoid (air cells) (antrum) (cavity), bone or process — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, maxilla, maxillary (superior) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, maxilla, maxillary (superior), alveolar, ridge or process (carcinoma) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, meniscus, knee joint (lateral) (medial) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, nose, nasal, bone — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, nose, nasal, turbinate (mucosa), bone — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, nucleus pulposus — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, occipital, bone — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, orbit, bone — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, parietal, bone — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, pelvis, pelvic, bone — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, pubic bone — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, rib — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, sacrococcyx, sacrococcygeal — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, sacrum, sacral (vertebra) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, sella turcica, bone — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, semilunar cartilage (knee) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, sinus (accessory), bone (any) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, skeleton, skeletal NEC — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, skull — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, sphenoid, bone — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, spine, spinal (column) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, spine, spinal (column), coccyx — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, spine, spinal (column), lumbosacral — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, spine, spinal (column), sacrum — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, sternum — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, symphysis pubis — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, temporal, bone — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, turbinate (bone) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, vertebra (column) — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, vertebra (column), coccyx — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, vertebra (column), sacrum — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, vomer — Uncertain Behavior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic, xiphoid process — Uncertain Behavior
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