ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C69-C72 › C71 Malignant neoplasm of brain › C71.8
Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of brain
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 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 overlapping sites of brain
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 C71 Malignant neoplasm of brain
Excludes1 - never coded here
- malignant neoplasm of cranial nerves (C72.2-C72.5)
- retrobulbar malignant neoplasm (C69.6-)
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 > tapetum, brain
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > brain NEC > tapetum
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > brain NEC > corpus callosum
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > brain NEC > overlapping lesion
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C71.0 | Malignant neoplasm of cerebrum, except lobes and ventricles | Valid |
| C71.1 | Malignant neoplasm of frontal lobe | Valid |
| C71.2 | Malignant neoplasm of temporal lobe | Valid |
| C71.3 | Malignant neoplasm of parietal lobe | Valid |
| C71.4 | Malignant neoplasm of occipital lobe | Valid |
| C71.5 | Malignant neoplasm of cerebral ventricle | Valid |
| C71.6 | Malignant neoplasm of cerebellum | Valid |
| C71.7 | Malignant neoplasm of brain stem | Valid |
| C71.9 | Malignant neoplasm of brain, unspecified | Valid |