ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C64-C68 › C64 Malignant neoplasm of kidney,... › C64.2
Malignant neoplasm of left kidney, except renal pelvis
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 2011 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.
- FY2011 Added to the draft code set draft Malignant neoplasm of left 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.
Inherited from C64 Malignant neoplasm of kidney, except renal pelvis
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.
- Nephroma
- Wilms' tumor
- Grawitz tumor
- Hypernephroma
- Nephroblastoma
- Tumor > Wilms'
- Tumor > Grawitz's
- Embryoma > kidney
- Carcinoma > renal cell
- Adenocarcinoma > renal cell
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > renal
- Embryoma > malignant > kidney
- Sarcoma > clear cell > kidney
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > kidney
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > parenchyma, kidney
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > renal > parenchyma
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C64.1 | Malignant neoplasm of right kidney, except renal pelvis | Valid |
| C64.9 | Malignant neoplasm of unspecified kidney, except renal pelvis | Valid |