Malignant neoplasm of fundus of stomach

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 fundus of stomach

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 > fundus > stomach
Neoplasm, neoplastic > stomach > fundus

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
C16.0	Malignant neoplasm of cardia	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