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C47.1

Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of upper limb, including shoulder

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 3 more specific codes instead:

  • C47.10 Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of unspecified upper limb, including shoulder
  • C47.11 Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of right upper limb, including shoulder
  • C47.12 Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of left upper limb, including shoulder

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 peripheral nerves of upper limb, including shoulder

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 C47 Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • Kaposi's sarcoma of soft tissue (C46.1)

Includes

  • malignant neoplasm of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves and ganglia

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 50 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
C47.0 Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of head, face and neck Valid
C47.2 Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of lower limb, including hip Not billable
C47.3 Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of thorax Valid
C47.4 Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of abdomen Valid
C47.5 Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of pelvis Valid
C47.6 Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of trunk, unspecified Valid
C47.8 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system Valid
C47.9 Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system, unspecified Valid