C50 Non-Billable Code

Malignant neoplasm of breast

Chapter Classification

Chapter 2 Neoplasms (C00-D49)

Section Detail

C50 Malignant neoplasms of breast (C50)

Coding Guidelines & Notes

includes

connective tissue of breast
Paget's disease of breast
Paget's disease of nipple

excludes1

skin of breast (C44.501, C44.511, C44.521, C44.591)

useAdditionalCode

code to identify estrogen, and other hormones and factors receptor status (Z17.-)

More Specific Diagnosis Codes

This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.

C50.0 - Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola
C50.1 - Malignant neoplasm of central portion of breast
C50.2 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-inner quadrant of breast
C50.3 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-inner quadrant of breast
C50.4 - Malignant neoplasm of upper-outer quadrant of breast
C50.5 - Malignant neoplasm of lower-outer quadrant of breast
C50.6 - Malignant neoplasm of axillary tail of breast
C50.8 - Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of breast
C50.9 - Malignant neoplasm of breast of unspecified site
C50.A - Malignant inflammatory neoplasm of breast

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