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C50.A1

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Malignant inflammatory neoplasm of right breast

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

Inflammatory breast cancer affecting the right breast. This is an aggressive form of cancer characterized by inflammation, redness, and swelling of the right breast tissue.

Coding Tips

  • •Ensure documentation explicitly identifies this as inflammatory breast cancer, not just general breast cancer with inflammation
  • •Confirm laterality is documented as right; use C50.A0 if laterality is unspecified

Code Hierarchy

└C50Malignant neoplasm of breast└C50.AMalignant inflammatory neoplasm of breast└C50.A1Malignant inflammatory neoplasm of right breast
└C50.A1Malignant inflammatory neoplasm of right breast

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