ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C51-C58 › C56 Malignant neoplasm of ovary › C56.3

C56.3

Malignant neoplasm of bilateral ovaries

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2022 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2022 to now.

  1. FY2022 Added to the code set Malignant neoplasm of bilateral ovaries

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 C56 Malignant neoplasm of ovary

Use additional code

  • code to identify any functional activity

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
C56.1 Malignant neoplasm of right ovary Valid
C56.2 Malignant neoplasm of left ovary Valid
C56.9 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified ovary Valid