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D38

Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of middle ear and respiratory and intrathoracic 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 7 more specific codes instead:

  • D38.0 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of larynx
  • D38.1 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of trachea, bronchus and lung
  • D38.2 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of pleura
  • D38.3 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of mediastinum
  • D38.4 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of thymus
  • D38.5 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of other respiratory organs
  • D38.6 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of respiratory organ, unspecified

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 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of middle ear and respiratory and intrathoracic 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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • neoplasm of uncertain behavior of heart (D48.7)

Inherited from the D37-D48 section Neoplasms of uncertain behavior, polycythemia vera and myelodysplastic syndromes (D37-D48)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • neoplasms of unspecified behavior (D49.-)

Note

  • Categories D37-D44, and D48 classify by site neoplasms of uncertain behavior, i.e., histologic confirmation whether the neoplasm is malignant or benign cannot be made.