ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C73-C75 › C75 Malignant neoplasm of other... › C75.9
Malignant neoplasm of endocrine gland, unspecified
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 endocrine gland, unspecified
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 C75 Malignant neoplasm of other endocrine glands and related structures
Excludes1 - never coded here
- malignant carcinoid tumors (C7A.0-)
- malignant neoplasm of adrenal gland (C74.-)
- malignant neoplasm of endocrine pancreas (C25.4)
- malignant neoplasm of islets of Langerhans (C25.4)
- malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56.-)
- malignant neoplasm of testis (C62.-)
- malignant neoplasm of thymus (C37)
- malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland (C73)
- malignant neuroendocrine tumors (C7A.-)
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 > endocrine gland NEC
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > gland, glandular > endocrine NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C75.0 | Malignant neoplasm of parathyroid gland | Valid |
| C75.1 | Malignant neoplasm of pituitary gland | Valid |
| C75.2 | Malignant neoplasm of craniopharyngeal duct | Valid |
| C75.3 | Malignant neoplasm of pineal gland | Valid |
| C75.4 | Malignant neoplasm of carotid body | Valid |
| C75.5 | Malignant neoplasm of aortic body and other paraganglia | Valid |
| C75.8 | Malignant neoplasm with pluriglandular involvement, unspecified | Valid |