C78.8

The ICD-10-CM code for secondary malignant neoplasm of and unsp digestive organs is C78.8. The full clinical description is "Secondary malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified digestive organs". C78.8 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code C78.8 represents “Secondary malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified 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, C78.8 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 2 child codes under C78.8.

C78.8 is in Chapter 2: Neoplasms (codes C00-D49).

C78.8 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).

C78.8 has 2 child codes, including: C78.80 (Secondary malignant neoplasm of unspecified digestive organ), C78.89 (Secondary malignant neoplasm of other digestive organs).

C78.8 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0348384. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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C78.8 maps to the ICD-11 code: 2D8Z (Malignant neoplasm metastasis in unspecified digestive system organ).