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D49.89

Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of other specified sites

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 Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of other specified sites

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.

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Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
D49.81 Neoplasm of unspecified behavior of retina and choroid Valid