Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung

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:

C34.0 Malignant neoplasm of main bronchus (also a header)
C34.1 Malignant neoplasm of upper lobe, bronchus or lung (also a header)
C34.2 Malignant neoplasm of middle lobe, bronchus or lung
C34.3 Malignant neoplasm of lower lobe, bronchus or lung (also a header)
C34.8 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bronchus and lung (also a header)
C34.9 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified part of bronchus or lung (also a header)

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung

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

Kaposi's sarcoma of lung (C46.5-)
malignant carcinoid tumor of the bronchus and lung (C7A.090)

Use additional code

code to identify:
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
tobacco dependence (F17.-)
tobacco use (Z72.0)

Inherited from the C30-C39 section Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs (C30-C39)

Excludes1 - never coded here

mesothelioma (C45.-)

Includes

malignant neoplasm of middle ear