ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C69-C72 › C69 Malignant neoplasm of eye and adnexa › C69.5
Malignant neoplasm of lacrimal gland and duct
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
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 lacrimal gland and duct
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 C69 Malignant neoplasm of eye and adnexa
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-)
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.
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > lacrimal > sac
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > lacrimal > duct
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > lacrimal > gland
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > nasolacrimal duct
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > lacrimal > punctum
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > lacrimal > canaliculi
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C69.0 | Malignant neoplasm of conjunctiva | Not billable |
| C69.1 | Malignant neoplasm of cornea | Not billable |
| C69.2 | Malignant neoplasm of retina | Not billable |
| C69.3 | Malignant neoplasm of choroid | Not billable |
| C69.4 | Malignant neoplasm of ciliary body | Not billable |
| C69.6 | Malignant neoplasm of orbit | Not billable |
| C69.8 | Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of eye and adnexa | Not billable |
| C69.9 | Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of eye | Not billable |