Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs - C15-C26
Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.
Type 1 Excludes:
- Kaposi's sarcoma of gastrointestinal sites (C46.4)
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- gastrointestinal stromal tumors (C49.A-)
These ranges represents Categories of Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs. The "C15-C26" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad section.
Codes:
- C15 - Malignant neoplasm of esophagus
- C16 - Malignant neoplasm of stomach
- C17 - Malignant neoplasm of small intestine
- C18 - Malignant neoplasm of colon
- C19 - Malignant neoplasm of rectosigmoid junction
- C20 - Malignant neoplasm of rectum
- C21 - Malignant neoplasm of anus and anal canal
- C22 - Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts
- C23 - Malignant neoplasm of gallbladder
- C24 - Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified parts of biliary tract
- C25 - Malignant neoplasm of pancreas
- C26 - Malignant neoplasm of other and ill-defined digestive organs