ICD-10-CM Code C40.8
Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bone and articular cartilage of limb
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
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 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.
- C40.8 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bone and articular cartilage of limb NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE C40.80 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bone and articular cartilage of unspecified limb
- BILLABLE C40.81 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bone and articular cartilage of right limb
- BILLABLE C40.82 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bone and articular cartilage of left limb
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.
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