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C7A.021

Malignant carcinoid tumor of the cecum

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 2010 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. FY2010 Added to the draft code set draft Malignant carcinoid tumor of the cecum

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