ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C51-C58 › C53 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri › C53.8
Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of cervix uteri
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 overlapping sites of cervix uteri
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 C53 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri
Excludes1 - never coded here
- carcinoma in situ of cervix uteri (D06.-)
Inherited from the C51-C58 section Malignant neoplasms of female genital organs (C51-C58)
Includes
- malignant neoplasm of skin of female genital organs
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.
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > womb
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > cervix > stump
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > stump, cervical
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > cervix > overlapping lesion
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > cervix > squamocolumnar junction
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > junction > squamocolumnar, of cervix
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > uterus, uteri, uterine > squamocolumnar junction
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C53.0 | Malignant neoplasm of endocervix | Valid |
| C53.1 | Malignant neoplasm of exocervix | Valid |
| C53.9 | Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri, unspecified | Valid |