ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C45-C49 › C49 Malignant neoplasm of other... › C49.6
Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of trunk, unspecified
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 connective and soft tissue of trunk, unspecified
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 C49 Malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue
Excludes1 - never coded here
- malignant neoplasm of cartilage (of):
- articular (C40-C41)
- larynx (C32.3)
- nose (C30.0)
- malignant neoplasm of connective tissue of breast (C50.-)
Excludes2 - not included here
- Kaposi's sarcoma of soft tissue (C46.1)
- malignant neoplasm of heart (C38.0)
- malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system (C47.-)
- malignant neoplasm of peritoneum (C48.2)
- malignant neoplasm of retroperitoneum (C48.0)
- malignant neoplasm of uterine ligament (C57.3)
- mesothelioma (C45.-)
Includes
- malignant neoplasm of blood vessel
- malignant neoplasm of bursa
- malignant neoplasm of cartilage
- malignant neoplasm of fascia
- malignant neoplasm of fat
- malignant neoplasm of ligament, except uterine
- malignant neoplasm of lymphatic vessel
- malignant neoplasm of muscle
- malignant neoplasm of synovia
- malignant neoplasm of tendon (sheath)
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.
- Melanosarcoma
- Nevocarcinoma
- Rhabdosarcoma
- Leiofibromyoma
- Melanoblastoma
- Myoma > uterus
- Melanocarcinoma
- Tumor > fibroid
- Mole > cancerous
- Melanoepithelioma
- Nevus > malignant
- Myofibroma > uterus
- Sarcoma > melanotic
- Nevus > blue > malignant
- Lentigo > maligna > melanoma
- Freckle > malignant melanoma in
- Melanosarcoma > epithelioid cell
- Mole > malignant > meaning > melanoma
- Melanosis > precancerous > malignant melanoma in
- Nevus > pigmented > giant > malignant melanoma in
- Hutchinson's > melanotic freckle > malignant melanoma in
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > connective tissue NEC > back
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > connective tissue NEC > flank
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > connective tissue NEC > trunk
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C49.0 | Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of head, face and neck | Valid |
| C49.1 | Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of upper limb, including shoulder | Not billable |
| C49.2 | Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of lower limb, including hip | Not billable |
| C49.3 | Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of thorax | Valid |
| C49.4 | Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of abdomen | Valid |
| C49.5 | Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of pelvis | Valid |
| C49.8 | Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of connective and soft tissue | Valid |
| C49.9 | Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue, unspecified | Valid |
| C49.A | Gastrointestinal stromal tumor | Not billable |