C78

The ICD-10-CM code for secondary malignant neoplasm of resp and digestive organs is C78. The full clinical description is "Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs". C78 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code C78 represents “Secondary malignant neoplasm of respiratory and digestive organs”. It is classified under Chapter 2: Neoplasms and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, C78 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 9 child codes under C78.

C78 is in Chapter 2: Neoplasms (codes C00-D49).

C78 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: secondary carcinoid tumors of liver (C7B.02); secondary carcinoid tumors of peritoneum (C7B.04).

C78 has 9 child codes, including: C78.0 (Secondary malignant neoplasm of lung), C78.1 (Secondary malignant neoplasm of mediastinum), C78.2 (Secondary malignant neoplasm of pleura), C78.3 (Secondary malignant neoplasm of and unsp respiratory organs), and 5 more.

C78 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0153675. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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C78 maps to the ICD-11 code: 2D7Z (Malignant neoplasm metastasis in thoracic or respiratory organs, unspecified).