C78.0
C78.0: Secondary malignant neoplasm of lung
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C78.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for secondary malignant neoplasm of lung. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C78.0
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on C78: Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs
- secondary carcinoid tumors of liver (C7B.02)
- secondary carcinoid tumors of peritoneum (C7B.04)
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above C78.0
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
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 C78.0
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under C78
- C78.1Secondary malignant neoplasm of mediastinum
- C78.2Secondary malignant neoplasm of pleura
- C78.3Secondary malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified respiratory organs
- C78.4Secondary malignant neoplasm of small intestine
- C78.5Secondary malignant neoplasm of large intestine and rectum
- C78.6Secondary malignant neoplasm of retroperitoneum and peritoneum
- C78.7Secondary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile duct
- C78.8Secondary malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified digestive organs