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C77

Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes

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 8 more specific codes instead:

  • C77.0 Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes of head, face and neck
  • C77.1 Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of intrathoracic lymph nodes
  • C77.2 Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of intra-abdominal lymph nodes
  • C77.3 Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of axilla and upper limb lymph nodes
  • C77.4 Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of inguinal and lower limb lymph nodes
  • C77.5 Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of intrapelvic lymph nodes
  • C77.8 Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes of multiple regions
  • C77.9 Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph node, 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 Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes

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 lymph nodes, specified as primary (C81-C86, C88, C96.-)
  • mesentery metastasis of carcinoid tumor (C7B.04)
  • secondary carcinoid tumors of distant lymph nodes (C7B.01)