ICD-10-CM Code C79.3
Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain and cerebral meninges
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 C79.3 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of C79.3 that describes the diagnosis 'secondary malignant neoplasm of brain and cerebral meninges' in more detail.
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Secondary malignant neoplasm of temporal lobe (disorder)
- Secondary malignant neoplasm of parietal lobe (disorder)
- Secondary malignant neoplasm of cerebral meninges (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for morphology code
ICD-10-CM Neoplasms Index References for 'C79.3 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain and cerebral meninges'
The ICD-10-CM Neoplasms Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code C79.3. Click on any term below to browse the neoplasms index.
Parent Code: C79 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified sites