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Diagnosis Code

C38.4 MALIGNANT NEOPLASM OF PLEURA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: C38.4

Short Description: Malignant neoplasm of pleura

Long Description: Malignant neoplasm of pleura

The code C38.4 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Neoplasms (C00–D49)
    • Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs (C30-C39)
      • Malignant neoplasm of heart, mediastinum and pleura (C38)
        • C38.4 Malignant neoplasm of pleura

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Malignant neoplasm of parietal pleura
  • Malignant neoplasm of visceral pleura
  • Malignant tumor of pleura
  • Neoplasm of parietal pleura
  • Neoplasm of parietal pleura
  • Neoplasm of visceral pleura
  • Neoplasm of visceral pleura
  • Primary malignant germ cell neoplasm of pleura
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of parietal pleura
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of pleura
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of visceral pleura

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code C38.4 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Respiratory Neoplasms With Mcc (180)
  • Respiratory Neoplasms With Cc (181)
  • Respiratory Neoplasms Without Cc/mcc (182)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
C38.4 Right Arrow 163.9 Malig neopl pleura NOS

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
C38 Malignant neoplasm of heart, mediastinum and pleura
C38.0 Malignant neoplasm of heart
C38.1 Malignant neoplasm of anterior mediastinum
C38.2 Malignant neoplasm of posterior mediastinum
C38.3 Malignant neoplasm of mediastinum, part unspecified
C38.8 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of heart, mediastinum and pleura

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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