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C7A.02

Malignant carcinoid tumors of the appendix, large intestine, and rectum

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:

  • C7A.020 Malignant carcinoid tumor of the appendix
  • C7A.021 Malignant carcinoid tumor of the cecum
  • C7A.022 Malignant carcinoid tumor of the ascending colon
  • C7A.023 Malignant carcinoid tumor of the transverse colon
  • C7A.024 Malignant carcinoid tumor of the descending colon
  • C7A.025 Malignant carcinoid tumor of the sigmoid colon
  • C7A.026 Malignant carcinoid tumor of the rectum
  • C7A.029 Malignant carcinoid tumor of the large intestine, unspecified portion

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 Malignant carcinoid tumors of the appendix, large intestine, and rectum

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 C7A Malignant neuroendocrine tumors

Excludes2 - not included here

  • malignant pancreatic islet cell tumors (C25.4)
  • Merkel cell carcinoma (C4A.-)

Use additional code

  • code to identify any associated endocrine syndrome, such as:
  • carcinoid syndrome (E34.00)

Code also

  • any associated multiple endocrine neoplasia [MEN] syndromes (E31.2-)

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
C7A.00 Malignant carcinoid tumor of unspecified site Valid
C7A.01 Malignant carcinoid tumors of the small intestine Not billable
C7A.09 Malignant carcinoid tumors of other sites Not billable