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C50.A

Malignant inflammatory neoplasm of breast

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, FY2026 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • C50.A0 Malignant inflammatory neoplasm of unspecified breast
  • C50.A1 Malignant inflammatory neoplasm of right breast
  • C50.A2 Malignant inflammatory neoplasm of left breast

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2026 to now.

  1. FY2026 Added to the code set Malignant inflammatory neoplasm of breast

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 C50 Malignant neoplasm of breast

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • skin of breast (C44.501, C44.511, C44.521, C44.591)

Use additional code

  • code to identify estrogen, and other hormones and factors receptor status (Z17.-)

Includes

  • connective tissue of breast
  • Paget's disease of breast
  • Paget's disease of nipple

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
C50.0 Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola Not billable
C50.1 Malignant neoplasm of central portion of breast Not billable
C50.2 Malignant neoplasm of upper-inner quadrant of breast Not billable
C50.3 Malignant neoplasm of lower-inner quadrant of breast Not billable
C50.4 Malignant neoplasm of upper-outer quadrant of breast Not billable
C50.5 Malignant neoplasm of lower-outer quadrant of breast Not billable
C50.6 Malignant neoplasm of axillary tail of breast Not billable
C50.8 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of breast Not billable
C50.9 Malignant neoplasm of breast of unspecified site Not billable