Secondary malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified digestive organs

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 2 more specific codes instead:

C78.80 Secondary malignant neoplasm of unspecified digestive organ
C78.89 Secondary malignant neoplasm of other digestive organs

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Secondary malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified digestive organs

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 C78 Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs

Excludes1 - never coded here

secondary carcinoid tumors of liver (C7B.02)
secondary carcinoid tumors of peritoneum (C7B.04)

Excludes2 - not included here

lymph node metastases (C77.0)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
C78.0	Secondary malignant neoplasm of lung	Not billable
C78.1	Secondary malignant neoplasm of mediastinum	Valid
C78.2	Secondary malignant neoplasm of pleura	Valid
C78.3	Secondary malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified respiratory organs	Not billable
C78.4	Secondary malignant neoplasm of small intestine	Valid
C78.5	Secondary malignant neoplasm of large intestine and rectum	Valid
C78.6	Secondary malignant neoplasm of retroperitoneum and peritoneum	Valid
C78.7	Secondary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile duct	Valid