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C50

Non-Billable (Header)

Malignant neoplasm of breast

Includes

  • connective tissue of breast
  • Paget's disease of breast
  • Paget's disease of nipple

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

Use Additional Code

  • code to identify estrogen, and other hormones and factors receptor status (Z17.-)

Child Codes

C50.0Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola
C50.1Malignant neoplasm of central portion of breast
C50.2Malignant neoplasm of upper-inner quadrant of breast
C50.3Malignant neoplasm of lower-inner quadrant of breast
C50.4Malignant neoplasm of upper-outer quadrant of breast
C50.5Malignant neoplasm of lower-outer quadrant of breast
C50.6Malignant neoplasm of axillary tail of breast
C50.8Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of breast
C50.9Malignant neoplasm of breast of unspecified site
C50.AMalignant inflammatory neoplasm of breast

Code Hierarchy

└C50Malignant neoplasm of breast
└C50Malignant neoplasm of breast

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