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C51

Malignant neoplasm of vulva

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 5 more specific codes instead:

  • C51.0 Malignant neoplasm of labium majus
  • C51.1 Malignant neoplasm of labium minus
  • C51.2 Malignant neoplasm of clitoris
  • C51.8 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of vulva
  • C51.9 Malignant neoplasm of vulva, unspecified

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 vulva

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • carcinoma in situ of vulva (D07.1)

Inherited from the C51-C58 section Malignant neoplasms of female genital organs (C51-C58)

Includes

  • malignant neoplasm of skin of female genital organs