Malignant neoplasm of breast - C50

This notation helps users understand the scope of a code C50 category and provides additional information about the conditions or terms that fall under that category.

Category Includes:

connective tissue of breast
Paget's disease of breast
Paget's disease of nipple

Use Additional Code: This note indicates that an additional code should be used in conjunction with the primary code "C50" to provide a complete picture of the patient's condition or to capture associated factors.

Use Additional:

code to identify estrogen receptor status (Z17.0, Z17.1)

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:

skin of breast (C44.501, C44.511, C44.521, C44.591)

These ranges represents subcategories of Malignant neoplasm of breast. The "C50" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.

Codes:

C50.0 - Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola
C50.01 - Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola, female
C50.011 - Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola, right female breast
C50.012 - Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola, left female breast
C50.019 - Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola, unspecified female breast
C50.02 - Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola, male
C50.021 - Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola, right male breast
C50.022 - Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola, left male breast
C50.029 - Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola, unspecified male breast
C50.1 - Malignant neoplasm of central portion of breast
C50.11 - Malignant neoplasm of central portion of breast, female
C50.111 - Malignant neoplasm of central portion of right female breast
C50.112 - Malignant neoplasm of central portion of left female breast
C50.119 - Malignant neoplasm of central portion of unspecified female breast
C50.12 - Malignant neoplasm of central portion of breast, male
C50.121 - Malignant neoplasm of central portion of right male breast
C50.122 - Malignant neoplasm of central portion of left male breast
C50.129 - Malignant neoplasm of central portion of unspecified male breast
C50.2 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-inner quadrant of breast
C50.21 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-inner quadrant of breast, female
C50.211 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-inner quadrant of right female breast
C50.212 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-inner quadrant of left female breast
C50.219 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-inner quadrant of unspecified female breast
C50.22 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-inner quadrant of breast, male
C50.221 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-inner quadrant of right male breast
C50.222 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-inner quadrant of left male breast
C50.229 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-inner quadrant of unspecified male breast
C50.3 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-inner quadrant of breast
C50.31 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-inner quadrant of breast, female
C50.311 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-inner quadrant of right female breast
C50.312 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-inner quadrant of left female breast
C50.319 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-inner quadrant of unspecified female breast
C50.32 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-inner quadrant of breast, male
C50.321 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-inner quadrant of right male breast
C50.322 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-inner quadrant of left male breast
C50.329 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-inner quadrant of unspecified male breast
C50.4 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-outer quadrant of breast
C50.41 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-outer quadrant of breast, female
C50.411 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-outer quadrant of right female breast
C50.412 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-outer quadrant of left female breast
C50.419 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-outer quadrant of unspecified female breast
C50.42 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-outer quadrant of breast, male
C50.421 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-outer quadrant of right male breast
C50.422 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-outer quadrant of left male breast
C50.429 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-outer quadrant of unspecified male breast
C50.5 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-outer quadrant of breast
C50.51 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-outer quadrant of breast, female
C50.511 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-outer quadrant of right female breast
C50.512 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-outer quadrant of left female breast
C50.519 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-outer quadrant of unspecified female breast
C50.52 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-outer quadrant of breast, male
C50.521 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-outer quadrant of right male breast
C50.522 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-outer quadrant of left male breast
C50.529 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-outer quadrant of unspecified male breast
C50.6 - Malignant neoplasm of axillary tail of breast
C50.61 - Malignant neoplasm of axillary tail of breast, female
C50.611 - Malignant neoplasm of axillary tail of right female breast
C50.612 - Malignant neoplasm of axillary tail of left female breast
C50.619 - Malignant neoplasm of axillary tail of unspecified female breast
C50.62 - Malignant neoplasm of axillary tail of breast, male
C50.621 - Malignant neoplasm of axillary tail of right male breast
C50.622 - Malignant neoplasm of axillary tail of left male breast
C50.629 - Malignant neoplasm of axillary tail of unspecified male breast
C50.8 - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of breast
C50.81 - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of breast, female
C50.811 - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of right female breast
C50.812 - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of left female breast
C50.819 - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of unspecified female breast
C50.82 - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of breast, male
C50.821 - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of right male breast
C50.822 - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of left male breast
C50.829 - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of unspecified male breast
C50.9 - Malignant neoplasm of breast of unspecified site
C50.91 - Malignant neoplasm of breast of unspecified site, female
C50.911 - Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of right female breast
C50.912 - Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of left female breast
C50.919 - Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of unspecified female breast
C50.92 - Malignant neoplasm of breast of unspecified site, male
C50.921 - Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of right male breast
C50.922 - Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of left male breast
C50.929 - Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of unspecified male breast