ICD-10 Code For Secondary And Unspecified Malignant Neoplasm Of ...

HomeCodes ICD-10 ICD-10-CM CodesNeoplasms Malignant neoplasms Malignant neoplasms of ill-defined, other secondary and unspecified sites Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes(C77)Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph node, unspecified (C77.9) C77.8 C77.9 C78 ICD-10-CM Code for Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph node, unspecified C77.9

ICD-10 code C77.9 for Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph node, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Malignant neoplasms .

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Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph node, unspecified

C77

Excludes1: malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes, specified as primary (C81-C86, C88, C96.-)mesentery metastasis of carcinoid tumor (C7B.04)secondary carcinoid tumors of distant lymph nodes (C7B.01)

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