Malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue - C49
This notation helps users understand the scope of a code C49 category and provides additional information about the conditions or terms that fall under that category.
Category Includes:
- malignant neoplasm of blood vessel
- malignant neoplasm of bursa
- malignant neoplasm of cartilage
- malignant neoplasm of fascia
- malignant neoplasm of fat
- malignant neoplasm of ligament, except uterine
- malignant neoplasm of lymphatic vessel
- malignant neoplasm of muscle
- malignant neoplasm of synovia
- malignant neoplasm of tendon (sheath)
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 neoplasm of cartilage (of):
- articular (C40-C41)
- larynx (C32.3)
- nose (C30.0)
- malignant neoplasm of connective tissue of breast (C50.-)
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:
- Kaposi's sarcoma of soft tissue (C46.1)
- malignant neoplasm of heart (C38.0)
- malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system (C47.-)
- malignant neoplasm of peritoneum (C48.2)
- malignant neoplasm of retroperitoneum (C48.0)
- malignant neoplasm of uterine ligament (C57.3)
- mesothelioma (C45.-)
These ranges represents subcategories of Malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue. The "C49" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- C49.0 - Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of head, face and neck
- C49.1 - Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of upper limb, including shoulder
- C49.10 - Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of unspecified upper limb, including shoulder
- C49.11 - Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of right upper limb, including shoulder
- C49.12 - Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of left upper limb, including shoulder
- C49.2 - Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of lower limb, including hip
- C49.20 - Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of unspecified lower limb, including hip
- C49.21 - Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of right lower limb, including hip
- C49.22 - Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of left lower limb, including hip
- C49.3 - Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of thorax
- C49.4 - Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of abdomen
- C49.5 - Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of pelvis
- C49.6 - Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of trunk, unspecified
- C49.8 - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of connective and soft tissue
- C49.9 - Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue, unspecified
- C49.A - Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
- C49.A0 - Gastrointestinal stromal tumor, unspecified site
- C49.A1 - Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of esophagus
- C49.A2 - Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of stomach
- C49.A3 - Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of small intestine
- C49.A4 - Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of large intestine
- C49.A5 - Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of rectum
- C49.A9 - Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of other sites