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Z85.030

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Personal history of malignant carcinoid tumor of large intestine

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

What This Code Means

The patient has previously been diagnosed with a carcinoid tumor (a slow-growing neuroendocrine cancer) of the large intestine or colon.

Coding Tips

  • Carcinoid tumors of the colon have different prognosis and treatment than adenocarcinomas
  • Document the specific location within the large intestine when available for clinical correlation

Code Hierarchy

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