C71 - Malignant neoplasm of brain
| ICD-10: | C71 |
| Short Description: | Malignant neoplasm of brain |
| Long Description: | Malignant neoplasm of brain |
| Status: | Not Valid for Submission |
| Version: | ICD-10-CM 2023 |
| Code Classification: |
C71 is a non-specific and non-billable ICD-10 code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of malignant neoplasm of brain. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.
Specific Coding for Malignant neoplasm of brain
Non-specific codes like C71 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10 codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for malignant neoplasm of brain:
- BILLABLE CODE - Use C71.0 for Malignant neoplasm of cerebrum, except lobes and ventricles
- BILLABLE CODE - Use C71.1 for Malignant neoplasm of frontal lobe
- BILLABLE CODE - Use C71.2 for Malignant neoplasm of temporal lobe
- BILLABLE CODE - Use C71.3 for Malignant neoplasm of parietal lobe
- BILLABLE CODE - Use C71.4 for Malignant neoplasm of occipital lobe
- BILLABLE CODE - Use C71.5 for Malignant neoplasm of cerebral ventricle
- BILLABLE CODE - Use C71.6 for Malignant neoplasm of cerebellum
- BILLABLE CODE - Use C71.7 for Malignant neoplasm of brain stem
- BILLABLE CODE - Use C71.8 for Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of brain
- BILLABLE CODE - Use C71.9 for Malignant neoplasm of brain, unspecified
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Patient Education
Brain Tumors
A brain tumor is a growth of abnormal cells in the tissues of the brain. Brain tumors can be benign, with no cancer cells, or malignant, with cancer cells that grow quickly. Some are primary brain tumors, which start in the brain. Others are metastatic, and they start somewhere else in the body and move to the brain.
Brain tumors can cause many symptoms. Some of the most common are:
- Headaches, often in the morning
- Nausea and vomiting
- Changes in your ability to talk, hear, or see
- Problems with balance or walking
- Problems with thinking or memory
- Feeling weak or sleepy
- Changes in your mood or behavior
- Seizures
Doctors diagnose brain tumors by doing a neurologic exam and tests including an MRI, CT scan, and biopsy. Treatment options include watchful waiting, surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy. Targeted therapy uses drugs or other substances that attack cancer cells with less harm to normal cells. Many people get a combination of treatments.
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Code History
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
