Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of central nervous system - C72
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 meninges (C70.-)
- malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system (C47.-)
These ranges represents subcategories of Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of central nervous system. The "C72" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- C72.0 - Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord
- C72.1 - Malignant neoplasm of cauda equina
- C72.2 - Malignant neoplasm of olfactory nerve
- C72.20 - Malignant neoplasm of unspecified olfactory nerve
- C72.21 - Malignant neoplasm of right olfactory nerve
- C72.22 - Malignant neoplasm of left olfactory nerve
- C72.3 - Malignant neoplasm of optic nerve
- C72.30 - Malignant neoplasm of unspecified optic nerve
- C72.31 - Malignant neoplasm of right optic nerve
- C72.32 - Malignant neoplasm of left optic nerve
- C72.4 - Malignant neoplasm of acoustic nerve
- C72.40 - Malignant neoplasm of unspecified acoustic nerve
- C72.41 - Malignant neoplasm of right acoustic nerve
- C72.42 - Malignant neoplasm of left acoustic nerve
- C72.5 - Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified cranial nerves
- C72.50 - Malignant neoplasm of unspecified cranial nerve
- C72.59 - Malignant neoplasm of other cranial nerves
- C72.9 - Malignant neoplasm of central nervous system, unspecified