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C40.22

Malignant neoplasm of long bones of left lower limb

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Malignant neoplasm of long bones of left lower limb

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 C40 Malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage of limbs

Use additional code

  • code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)

Inherited from the C40-C41 section Malignant neoplasms of bone and articular cartilage (C40-C41)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • malignant neoplasm of bone marrow NOS (C96.9)
  • malignant neoplasm of synovia (C49.-)

Includes

  • malignant neoplasm of cartilage (articular) (joint)
  • malignant neoplasm of periosteum

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.

Showing 40 of 79 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
C40.20 Malignant neoplasm of long bones of unspecified lower limb Valid
C40.21 Malignant neoplasm of long bones of right lower limb Valid