Billable Medical Code for Other Malignant Neoplasm Without Specification of Site
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 199.1
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 199.1.
The Short Description Is: Malignant neoplasm NOS.
Known As
Metastatic andenocarcinoma is also known as adenocarcinoma, adenocarcinoma in adenomatous polyp, adenocarcinoma in villous adenoma, cancer confirmed, cancer in childbirth, cancer in pregnancy,
cancer metastatic to bone, hormone receptor positive tumor, human immunodeficiency virus disease resulting in multiple malignant neoplasms, metastasis to kidney of unknown primary, metastasis to large intestine of unknown primary, neoplastic pleural effusion, oxyphilic adenocarcinoma, pain from metastases, and panniculitis secondary to malignancy. This applies to cancer unspecified site (primary) (secondary), carcinoma unspecified site (primary) (secondary), and malignancy unspecified site (primary) (secondary).
Metastatic Adenocarcinoma Definition
Metastatic andenocarcinoma is cancer within a gland in the body that spreads to other, separate parts of the body. This is what the word “metastatic” refers to.