ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › D49 › D49 Neoplasms of unspecified behavior › D49.4
Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of bladder
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of bladder
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 D49 Neoplasms of unspecified behavior
Excludes2 - not included here
- neoplasms of uncertain behavior (D37-D44, D48)
Includes
- 'growth' NOS
- neoplasm NOS
- new growth NOS
- tumor NOS
Note
- Category D49 classifies by site neoplasms of unspecified morphology and behavior. The term 'mass', unless otherwise stated, is not to be regarded as a neoplastic growth.
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.
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > vesical
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > urinary organ or system > bladder
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > bladder
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > urachus
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > bladder > dome
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > bladder > neck
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > bladder > wall
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > ureter-bladder
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > bladder > orifice
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > bladder > trigone
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > bladder > urachus
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > bladder > sphincter
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > bladder > wall > lateral
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > bladder > wall > anterior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > bladder > wall > posterior
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > ureter, ureteral > orifice
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > bladder > orifice > ureteric
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > bladder > orifice > urethral
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > urethra, urethral > orifice, internal
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| D49.0 | Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of digestive system | Valid |
| D49.1 | Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of respiratory system | Valid |
| D49.2 | Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of bone, soft tissue, and skin | Valid |
| D49.3 | Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of breast | Valid |
| D49.5 | Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of other genitourinary organs | Not billable |
| D49.6 | Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of brain | Valid |
| D49.7 | Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of endocrine glands and other parts of nervous system | Valid |
| D49.8 | Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of other specified sites | Not billable |
| D49.9 | Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of unspecified site | Valid |