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ICD-10-CM Code C40.8
Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bone and articular cartilage of limb

NON-BILLABLE
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code C40.8 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of C40.8 that describes the diagnosis 'malig neoplasm of ovrlp sites of bone/artic cartl of limb' in more detail.


The ICD code C40 is used to code Bone tumor

A bone tumor, (also spelled bone tumour), is a neoplastic growth of tissue in bone. Abnormal growths found in the bone can be either benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous).

Specialty: Oncology
MeSH Code: D001859
ICD 9 Code: 170.9

Micrograph of an osteosarcoma, a malignant primary bone tumor.

Source: Wikipedia

Coding Advice SNOMET-CT

  • Possible requirement for morphology code

ICD-10-CM Neoplasms Index References for 'C40.8 - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bone and articular cartilage of limb'

The ICD-10-CM Neoplasms Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code C40.8. Click on any term below to browse the neoplasms index.


Parent Code: C40 - Malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage of limbs

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