C34.8

C34.8: Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bronchus and lung

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

C34.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bronchus and lung. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C34.8

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 C34.8

3 child codes. Green means billable.

C34.80Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of unspecified bronchus and lung
C34.81Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of right bronchus and lung
C34.82Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of left bronchus and lung

Other codes under C34

C34.0Malignant neoplasm of main bronchus
C34.1Malignant neoplasm of upper lobe, bronchus or lung
C34.2Malignant neoplasm of middle lobe, bronchus or lung
C34.3Malignant neoplasm of lower lobe, bronchus or lung
C34.9Malignant neoplasm of unspecified part of bronchus or lung