Malignant neoplasm of unspecified kidney, except renal pelvis

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 kidney, except renal pelvis, unspecified side
FY2011 Draft description revised draft ~~Malignant neoplasm of kidney, except renal pelvis, unspecified side~~ Malignant neoplasm of unspecified 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
C64.2	Malignant neoplasm of left kidney, except renal pelvis	Valid