C7A.09

C7A.09: Malignant carcinoid tumors of other sites

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

C7A.09 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for malignant carcinoid tumors of other sites. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above C7A.09

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on C7A: Malignant neuroendocrine tumors

malignant pancreatic islet cell tumors (C25.4)
Merkel cell carcinoma (C4A.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with C7A.09

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

C34Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung
C37Malignant neoplasm of thymus
C64Malignant neoplasm of kidney, except renal pelvis
C75Malignant neoplasm of other endocrine glands and related structures

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 C7A.09

8 child codes. Green means billable.