C79.02 - Secondary malignant neoplasm of left kidney and renal pelvis

Approximate Synonyms

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

• Bilateral neoplasm of kidneys
• Bilateral secondary adenocarcinoma of kidneys
• Bilateral secondary malignant melanoma of kidneys
• Bilateral secondary malignant neoplasm of kidneys
• Malignant melanoma metastatic to kidney
• Malignant melanoma metastatic to kidney
• Secondary adenocarcinoma of kidney
• Secondary adenocarcinoma of kidney
• Secondary adenocarcinoma of left kidney
• Secondary adenocarcinoma of left kidney
• Secondary adenocarcinoma of right kidney
• Secondary malignant melanoma of left kidney
• Secondary malignant melanoma of left kidney
• Secondary malignant melanoma of right kidney
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of left kidney
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of left kidney
• Secondary malignant neoplasm of right kidney
• Secondary squamous cell carcinoma of left kidney

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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Table of Neoplasms

Patient Education

Kidney Cancer

You have two kidneys. They are fist-sized organs on either side of your backbone above your waist. The tubes inside filter and clean your blood, taking out waste products and making urine. Kidney cancer forms in the lining of tiny tubes inside your kidneys.

Kidney cancer becomes more likely as you age. Risk factors include smoking, having certain genetic conditions, and misusing pain medicines for a long time.

You may have no symptoms at first. They may appear as the cancer grows. See your health care provider if you notice:

• Blood in your urine
• A lump in your abdomen
• Weight loss for no reason
• Pain in your side that does not go away
• Loss of appetite

Tests to diagnose kidney cancer include blood, urine, and imaging tests. You may also have a biopsy.

Treatment depends on your age, your overall health and how advanced the cancer is. It might include surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation, biologic, or targeted therapies. Biologic therapy boosts your body's own ability to fight cancer. Targeted therapy uses drugs or other substances that attack specific cancer cells with less harm to normal cells.

NIH: National Cancer Institute

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)