Assign a code for all metastatic and primary sites documented by the physician. Only assign code C80. 0, Disseminated malignant neoplasm, unspecified, if the patient has advanced metastatic disease and the primary or secondary sites are not specified. Assign code C80.
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code C61.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM C79. 9 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of C79.
Personal history of malignant neoplasm of bone Z85. 830 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z85. 830 became effective on October 1, 2021.
Prostate cancer metastasis occurs when cells break away from the tumor in the prostate. The cancer cells can travel through the lymphatic system or the bloodstream to other areas of the body.
51: Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone.
Metastatic cancer has the same name as the primary cancer. For example, breast cancer that spreads to the lung is called metastatic breast cancer, not lung cancer. It is treated as stage IV breast cancer, not as lung cancer.
ICD-10 code: C79. 9 Secondary malignant neoplasm, site unspecified.
ICD-10 Code for Malignant (primary) neoplasm, unspecified- C80. 1- Codify by AAPC.
If the site of the primary cancer is not documented, the coder will assign a code for the metastasis first, followed by C80. 1 malignant (primary) neoplasm, unspecified. For example, if the patient was being treated for metastatic bone cancer, but the primary malignancy site is not documented, assign C79. 51, C80.
Almost all cancers can spread to the bone, but cancers that often spread there include breast, lung, prostate, kidney, melanoma, ovarian, and thyroid. The spine is the most common site for bone metastases.
Secondary bone cancer – This means the cancer started in another part of the body but has now spread (metastasised) to the bone. It may also be called metastatic bone cancer, bone metastases or bone mets.