Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified cranial nerves

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 2 more specific codes instead:

C72.50 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified cranial nerve
C72.59 Malignant neoplasm of other cranial nerves

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 other and unspecified cranial nerves

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 C72 Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of central nervous system

Excludes1 - never coded here

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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
C72.0	Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord	Valid
C72.1	Malignant neoplasm of cauda equina	Valid
C72.2	Malignant neoplasm of olfactory nerve	Not billable
C72.3	Malignant neoplasm of optic nerve	Not billable
C72.4	Malignant neoplasm of acoustic nerve	Not billable
C72.9	Malignant neoplasm of central nervous system, unspecified	Valid