Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes of multiple regions

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 Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes of multiple regions

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 C77 Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes

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)

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 > lymph, lymphatic channel NEC > gland > multiple sites in categories C77.0 - C77.5

Codes in the same group

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