ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C30-C39 › C38 Malignant neoplasm of heart,... › C38.4
Malignant neoplasm of pleura
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 pleura
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 C38 Malignant neoplasm of heart, mediastinum and pleura
Excludes1 - never coded here
- mesothelioma (C45.-)
Inherited from the C30-C39 section Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs (C30-C39)
Includes
- malignant neoplasm of middle ear
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 > pleura, pleural
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > pleura, pleural > parietal
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > pleura, pleural > visceral
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C38.0 | Malignant neoplasm of heart | Valid |
| C38.1 | Malignant neoplasm of anterior mediastinum | Valid |
| C38.2 | Malignant neoplasm of posterior mediastinum | Valid |
| C38.3 | Malignant neoplasm of mediastinum, part unspecified | Valid |
| C38.8 | Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of heart, mediastinum and pleura | Valid |