Billable Medical Code for Malignant Neoplasm of Breast (Female), Unspecified
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 174.9
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 174.9.
The Short Description Is: Malign neopl breast NOS.
Known As
Metastatic breast cancer is also known as breast cancer, breast cancer metastatic to LN, breast cancer metastatic to lymph node, CA female breast infiltrating ductal, CA female breast infiltrating ductal stage 1, CA female breast infiltrating ductal stage 2, CA female breast infiltrating lobular, CA of female breast, cancer female breast malig cystosarcoma phyllodes, cancer female breast right breast, cancer of the female breast, cancer of the female breast infiltrating ductal, cancer of the female breast infiltrating lobular, cancer of the female breast recurrent,
cancer breast invasive female, cancer female breast left breast, female breast cancer, female breast cancer metastatic to eye, female breast cancer with metastasis to eye, female breast cancer L breast, female breast cancer left breast, female breast cancer R breast, female breast cancer right breast, female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma, female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma L breast, female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma left breast, female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma R breast, female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma right breast, female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma stage 1, female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma stage 2, female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma stage 3, female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma stage 4, female breast infiltrating lobular carcinoma, female breast inflammatory cancer, female inflammatory breast cancer, infiltrating duct carcinoma of breast, infiltrating ductal carcinoma of breast stage 1, infiltrating ductal carcinoma of breast stage 2, infiltrating ductal carcinoma of breast stage 3, infiltrating ductal carcinoma of breast stage 4, infiltrating ductal carcinoma of left female breast, infiltrating ductal carcinoma of right female breast, infiltrating lobular carcinoma of breast, invasive female breast cancer, lobular carcinoma of breast, malignant cystosarcoma phyllodes, malignant neoplasm of female breast, malignant phyllodes tumor of breast, primary invasive malignant neoplasm of female breast, primary malignant inflammatory neoplasm of female breast, primary malignant neoplasm of female left breast, primary malignant neoplasm of female right breast, recurrent female breast cancer, recurrent primary malignant neoplasm of breast, secondary malignant neoplasm of eye from female breast, and secondary malignant neoplasm of lymph node from neoplasm of breast.
Metastatic Breast Cancer Definition and Symptoms
Metastatic breast cancer is when a cancer begins in the breasts and spread to other parts of the body. This happens because cancer cells break away and enter the blood stream, allowing the cancer to spread. Breast cancer most commonly spreads to the bones but can spread to any part of the body. Symptoms of breast cancer are a lump in the breast, chest wall, or armpit, a change in the size of the breast, a dimple or “pucker” in the breast, and discharge or bleeding from the nipple.