ICD-10 codes for Lung Cancer

The primary ICD-10-CM codes for lung cancer are C34, C34.90, C34.91. Across all sub-categories, 22 codes are grouped under lung cancer, with 16 marked as billable (specific enough for a medical claim).

There are 22 ICD-10-CM codes related to lung cancer. Of these, 16 are billable specific codes and 6 are non-billable header categories that organize the specific codes underneath them. Header codes cannot be reported on a claim by themselves.

Yes. 16 of the 22 ICD-10-CM codes for lung cancer are billable. Common examples include C34.00 (Malignant neoplasm of unspecified main bronchus); C34.01 (Malignant neoplasm of right main bronchus); C34.02 (Malignant neoplasm of left main bronchus). Code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation.

The most commonly used billable codes for lung cancer include: C34.00 (Malignant neoplasm of unspecified main bronchus); C34.01 (Malignant neoplasm of right main bronchus); C34.02 (Malignant neoplasm of left main bronchus). The correct code depends on the documented clinical presentation, including any complications, episode (acute / chronic), and laterality where applicable. Always code to the highest level of specificity supported by the clinical documentation.

No, C34 (Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung) is a non-billable header code. You need to use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

The ICD-10 codes for lung cancer map to at least 25 SNOMED CT concepts. Examples of SNOMED CT concept IDs in this group include 1259528009, 126704000, 126707007, 187857006, 233814000. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records; AutoICD's coding API returns SNOMED CT IDs alongside each ICD-10 code via the include_snomed=true flag.

The ICD-10 codes for lung cancer are linked to 24 UMLS CUIs in the National Library of Medicine's Metathesaurus. Sample CUIs include C0348343, C0153490, C2004495, C2607931, C2837947. UMLS CUIs unify the same concept across SNOMED CT, ICD-10, ICD-11, RxNorm, MeSH, and dozens of other source vocabularies.

Lung Cancer may also be referred to as: lung cancer, bronchogenic carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer, NSCLC, small cell lung cancer, SCLC. The same ICD-10-CM codes apply regardless of which term appears in the clinical documentation. Synonyms are surfaced by AutoICD's NER pass and mapped to the canonical ICD-10 family above.