Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs - C78
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:
- secondary carcinoid tumors of liver (C7B.02)
- secondary carcinoid tumors of peritoneum (C7B.04)
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:
- lymph node metastases (C77.0)
These ranges represents subcategories of Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs. The "C78" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- C78.0 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of lung
- C78.00 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of unspecified lung
- C78.01 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of right lung
- C78.02 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of left lung
- C78.1 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of mediastinum
- C78.2 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of pleura
- C78.3 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified respiratory organs
- C78.30 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of unspecified respiratory organ
- C78.39 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of other respiratory organs
- C78.4 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of small intestine
- C78.5 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of large intestine and rectum
- C78.6 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of retroperitoneum and peritoneum
- C78.7 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile duct
- C78.8 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified digestive organs
- C78.80 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of unspecified digestive organ
- C78.89 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of other digestive organs