C78.39 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of other respiratory organs

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Hypopharyngeal TNM finding
• Lip and oral cavity TNM finding
• Malignant neoplasm of cartilage of nose
• Malignant neoplasm of junctional region of epiglottis
• Malignant neoplasm of mastoid
• Malignant tumor of aryepiglottic fold - laryngeal aspect
• Malignant tumor of ethmoid sinus
• Malignant tumor of Eustachian tube
• Malignant tumor of false cord
• Malignant tumor of frontal sinus
• Malignant tumor of mastoid air cells
• Malignant tumor of maxillary sinus
• Malignant tumor of nasal septum
• Malignant tumor of nasal skeleton
• Malignant tumor of nasal vestibule
• Malignant tumor of sphenoid sinus
• Malignant tumor of subglottis
• Malignant tumor of vocal cord
• Maxillary sinus TNM finding
• Maxillary sinus TNM finding
• Metastasis to trachea of unknown primary
• Nasopharynx TNM finding
• Nasopharynx TNM finding
• Neoplasm of cartilage of nose
• Neoplasm of false vocal cord
• Neoplasm of laryngeal aspect of aryepiglottic fold
• Neoplasm of laryngeal surface of epiglottis
• Neoplasm of mastoid air cells
• Neoplasm of nasal vestibule
• Oropharynx TNM finding
• pT2: Tumor extends to the soft tissues
• pT2: Tumor extends to vocal cord
• pT2a: Tumor extends to the soft tissues of the oropharnyx and/or nasal cavity without parapharyngeal extension
• pT3: Tumor invades any of the following: bone of the posterior wall of maxillary sinus, subcutaneous tissues, floor or medial wall of orbit, pterygoid fossa, ethmoid sinuses
• pT3: Tumor involves bony structures and/or paranasal sinuses
• pT4a: Tumor invades anterior orbital contents, skin of cheek, pterygoid plates, infratemporal fossa, cribriform plate, sphenoid or frontal sinuses
• pT4a: Tumor invades cricoid or thyroid cartilage and/or invades tissues beyond the larynx
• pT4a: Tumor invades the larynx, deep/extrinsic muscle of tongue, medial pterygoid muscle, hard palate, or mandible
• pT4a: Tumor invades through cortical bone, into deep
• pT4a: Tumor invades thyroid/cricoid cartilage, hyoid bone, thyroid gland, esophagus or central compartment of soft tissue
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of accessory sinus
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of cartilage of nose
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of epiglottis
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of epiglottis
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of ethmoidal sinus
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of eustachian tube
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of false vocal cord
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of frontal sinus
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of glottis
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of hypopharynx
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of junctional region of epiglottis
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of laryngeal aspect of aryepiglottic fold
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of laryngeal commissure
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of laryngeal surface of epiglottis
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of larynx
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of mastoid air cells
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of maxillary sinus
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of nasal cavity
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of nose
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of nose
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of septum of nose
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of soft tissues of neck
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of soft tissues of neck
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of sphenoidal sinus
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of subglottis
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of supraglottis
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of temporal bone
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of trachea
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of vestibule of nose
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of vocal cord
• Subglottis TNM finding
• Subglottis TNM finding
• T2: Aerodigestive tract tumor extends into nasal cavity
• T2: Aerodigestive tract tumor extends to soft tissue of oropharynx and/or nasal fossa
• T2: Aerodigestive tract tumor extends to supraglottis and/or subglottis, and/or with impaired vocal cord mobility
• T2: Aerodigestive tract tumor extends to vocal cord with normal or impaired mobility
• T3: Aerodigestive tract tumor extends to anterior orbit and/or maxillary sinus
• T3: Aerodigestive tract tumor limited to larynx with vocal cord fixation and/or invades any of the following: postcricoid area, pre-epiglottic tissues, deep base of tongue
• T3: Aerodigestive tumor invades bony structures and/or paranasal sinuses
• T4: Aerodigestive tract tumor invades adjacent structures
• T4: Aerodigestive tract tumor invades orbital contents beyond the floor or medial wall including apex and/or any of the following: cribriform plate, base of skull, nasopharynx, sphenoid sinus, frontal sinus
• T4: Aerodigestive tract tumor with intracranial extension, orbital extension including apex, involving sphenoid and/or frontal sinus and/or skin of nose
• T4: Lung tumor of any size that invades any of the following: mediastinum; heart; great vessels; trachea; esophagus; vertebral body; carina
• T4: Oral Cavity: Tumor invades adjacent structures
• T4: Tumor invades through cricoid or thyroid cartilage and/or extends into other tissues beyond the larynx
• Tumor invasion into supraglottis
• Tumor of Eustachian tube

Diagnostic Related Groups - MS-DRG Mapping

The is diagnosis code is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V40.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2022 through 09/30/2023.

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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)