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C69.5

C69.5: Malignant neoplasm of lacrimal gland and duct

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

C69.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of lacrimal gland and duct. 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 lacrimal sac
  • Malignant neoplasm of nasolacrimal duct

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C69.5

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on C69: Malignant neoplasm of eye and adnexa

  • malignant neoplasm of connective tissue of eyelid (C49.0)
  • malignant neoplasm of eyelid (skin) (C43.1-, C44.1-)
  • malignant neoplasm of optic nerve (C72.3-)

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 C69.5

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under C69

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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