Malignant neoplasm of other specified ill-defined sites

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 other and ill-defined sites
FY2010 Removed from the draft draft
FY2011 Returned to the draft draft

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 > limb
Neoplasm, neoplastic > back NEC
Neoplasm, neoplastic > extremity
Neoplasm, neoplastic > flank NEC
Neoplasm, neoplastic > trunk NEC
Neoplasm, neoplastic > viscera NEC
Neoplasm, neoplastic > abdominopelvic
Neoplasm, neoplastic > pelvo-abdominal
Neoplasm, neoplastic > specified site NEC

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
C76.0	Malignant neoplasm of head, face and neck	Valid
C76.1	Malignant neoplasm of thorax	Valid
C76.2	Malignant neoplasm of abdomen	Valid
C76.3	Malignant neoplasm of pelvis	Valid
C76.4	Malignant neoplasm of upper limb	Not billable
C76.5	Malignant neoplasm of lower limb	Not billable