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C34.0

C34.0: Malignant neoplasm of main bronchus

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

C34.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of main bronchus. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Malignant neoplasm of carina
  • Malignant neoplasm of hilus (of lung)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C34.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on C34: Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung

  • Kaposi's sarcoma of lung (C46.5-)
  • malignant carcinoid tumor of the bronchus and lung (C7A.090)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead C34.0

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under C34

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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