Malignant carcinoid tumor of the bronchus and lung

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.

FY2010 Added to the draft code set draft Malignant carcinoid tumor of the bronchus and lung

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.

Carcinoid
Secretion > hormone > by > carcinoid tumor
Tumor > carcinoid > malignant > lung
Tumor > carcinoid > malignant > bronchus

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
C7A.091	Malignant carcinoid tumor of the thymus	Valid
C7A.092	Malignant carcinoid tumor of the stomach	Valid
C7A.093	Malignant carcinoid tumor of the kidney	Valid
C7A.094	Malignant carcinoid tumor of the foregut, unspecified	Valid
C7A.095	Malignant carcinoid tumor of the midgut, unspecified	Valid
C7A.096	Malignant carcinoid tumor of the hindgut, unspecified	Valid
C7A.098	Malignant carcinoid tumors of other sites	Valid