ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C76-C80 › C76.5 Malignant neoplasm of lower limb › C76.51
Malignant neoplasm of right lower limb
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 right lower limb
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 C76 Malignant neoplasm of other and ill-defined sites
Excludes1 - never coded here
- malignant neoplasm of female genitourinary tract NOS (C57.9)
- malignant neoplasm of male genitourinary tract NOS (C63.9)
- malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96)
- malignant neoplasm of skin (C44.-)
- malignant neoplasm of unspecified site NOS (C80.1)
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 > calf
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > hip NEC
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > leg NEC
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > toe NEC
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > foot NEC
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > heel NEC
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > knee NEC
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > ankle NEC
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > thigh NEC
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > limb > lower
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > extremity > lower
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > popliteal fossa or space
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C76.50 | Malignant neoplasm of unspecified lower limb | Valid |
| C76.52 | Malignant neoplasm of left lower limb | Valid |