Malignant neoplasm of colon - C18
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:
- malignant carcinoid tumors of the colon (C7A.02-)
These ranges represents subcategories of Malignant neoplasm of colon. The "C18" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- C18.0 - Malignant neoplasm of cecum
- C18.1 - Malignant neoplasm of appendix
- C18.2 - Malignant neoplasm of ascending colon
- C18.3 - Malignant neoplasm of hepatic flexure
- C18.4 - Malignant neoplasm of transverse colon
- C18.5 - Malignant neoplasm of splenic flexure
- C18.6 - Malignant neoplasm of descending colon
- C18.7 - Malignant neoplasm of sigmoid colon
- C18.8 - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of colon
- C18.9 - Malignant neoplasm of colon, unspecified