C79

The ICD-10-CM code for secondary malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified sites is C79. The full clinical description is "Secondary malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified sites". C79 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code C79 represents “Secondary malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified sites”. It is classified under Chapter 2: Neoplasms and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, C79 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 10 child codes under C79.

C79 is in Chapter 2: Neoplasms (codes C00-D49).

C79 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: secondary carcinoid tumors (C7B.-); secondary neuroendocrine tumors (C7B.-).

C79 has 10 child codes, including: C79.0 (Secondary malignant neoplasm of kidney and renal pelvis), C79.1 (Sec malig neoplm of bladder and oth and unsp urinary organs), C79.2 (Secondary malignant neoplasm of skin), C79.3 (Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain and cerebral meninges), and 6 more.

C79 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2845963. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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C79 maps to the ICD-11 code: 2E2Z (Malignant neoplasm metastasis, unspecified).