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C17

Malignant neoplasm of small intestine

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

  • C17.0 Malignant neoplasm of duodenum
  • C17.1 Malignant neoplasm of jejunum
  • C17.2 Malignant neoplasm of ileum
  • C17.3 Meckel's diverticulum, malignant
  • C17.8 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of small intestine
  • C17.9 Malignant neoplasm of small intestine, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Malignant neoplasm of small intestine

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • malignant carcinoid tumors of the small intestine (C7A.01)

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-)