ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C15-C26 › C16 Malignant neoplasm of stomach › C16.0
Malignant neoplasm of cardia
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Malignant neoplasm of cardia
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from C16 Malignant neoplasm of stomach
Excludes2 - not included here
- malignant carcinoid tumor of the stomach (C7A.092)
Use additional code
- code to identify:
- alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
Inherited from the C15-C26 section Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs (C15-C26)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- Kaposi's sarcoma of gastrointestinal sites (C46.4)
Excludes2 - not included here
- gastrointestinal stromal tumors (C49.A-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > gastric
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > ventriculus
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > cardia
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > cardiac orifice
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > cardio-esophagus
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > stomach > cardia
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > esophagogastric junction
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > gastroesophageal junction
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > stomach > cardiac orifice
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > cardio-esophageal junction
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > junction > esophagogastric
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > junction > cardioesophageal
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > junction > gastroesophageal
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C16.1 | Malignant neoplasm of fundus of stomach | Valid |
| C16.2 | Malignant neoplasm of body of stomach | Valid |
| C16.3 | Malignant neoplasm of pyloric antrum | Valid |
| C16.4 | Malignant neoplasm of pylorus | Valid |
| C16.5 | Malignant neoplasm of lesser curvature of stomach, unspecified | Valid |
| C16.6 | Malignant neoplasm of greater curvature of stomach, unspecified | Valid |
| C16.8 | Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of stomach | Valid |
| C16.9 | Malignant neoplasm of stomach, unspecified | Valid |