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C72

Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of central nervous system

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 7 more specific codes instead:

  • C72.0 Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord
  • C72.1 Malignant neoplasm of cauda equina
  • C72.2 Malignant neoplasm of olfactory nerve (also a header)
  • C72.3 Malignant neoplasm of optic nerve (also a header)
  • C72.4 Malignant neoplasm of acoustic nerve (also a header)
  • C72.5 Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified cranial nerves (also a header)
  • C72.9 Malignant neoplasm of central nervous system, unspecified

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of central nervous system

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 meninges (C70.-)
  • malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system (C47.-)