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C64

Malignant neoplasm of kidney, except renal pelvis

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 3 more specific codes instead:

  • C64.1 Malignant neoplasm of right kidney, except renal pelvis
  • C64.2 Malignant neoplasm of left kidney, except renal pelvis
  • C64.9 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified kidney, except renal pelvis

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 kidney, except renal pelvis

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

  • malignant carcinoid tumor of the kidney (C7A.093)
  • malignant neoplasm of renal calyces (C65.-)
  • malignant neoplasm of renal pelvis (C65.-)

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.