Benign 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.

FY2010 Added to the draft code set draft Benign 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 D3A Benign neuroendocrine tumors

Excludes2 - not included here

benign pancreatic islet cell tumors (D13.7)

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 > benign > cecum

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
D3A.020	Benign carcinoid tumor of the appendix	Valid
D3A.022	Benign carcinoid tumor of the ascending colon	Valid
D3A.023	Benign carcinoid tumor of the transverse colon	Valid
D3A.024	Benign carcinoid tumor of the descending colon	Valid
D3A.025	Benign carcinoid tumor of the sigmoid colon	Valid
D3A.026	Benign carcinoid tumor of the rectum	Valid
D3A.029	Benign carcinoid tumor of the large intestine, unspecified portion	Valid