Malignant neoplasm of eye and adnexa

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 9 more specific codes instead:

C69.0 Malignant neoplasm of conjunctiva (also a header)
C69.1 Malignant neoplasm of cornea (also a header)
C69.2 Malignant neoplasm of retina (also a header)
C69.3 Malignant neoplasm of choroid (also a header)
C69.4 Malignant neoplasm of ciliary body (also a header)
C69.5 Malignant neoplasm of lacrimal gland and duct (also a header)
C69.6 Malignant neoplasm of orbit (also a header)
C69.8 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of eye and adnexa (also a header)
C69.9 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of eye (also a header)

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Malignant neoplasm of eye and adnexa

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 neoplasm of connective tissue of eyelid (C49.0)
malignant neoplasm of eyelid (skin) (C43.1-, C44.1-)
malignant neoplasm of optic nerve (C72.3-)