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    ICD-9 Codes for Cancer Reporting

    ICD-9 Codes for Cancer Reporting

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    ICD-9-CM Casefinding List for Reportable Tumors (Effective date: 10/1/2006)

    Currently reportable cases with a diagnosis date of 2004 or later include all invasive and in situ malignant neoplasms and specified benign neoplasms of the brain and CNS, as listed below:

    ICD-9-CMTerminology
    140.0 – 208.9Malignant neoplasms*
    225.0Benign neoplasm of brain, NOS
    225.1Benign neoplasm of cranial nerves
    225.2Benign neoplasm of cerebral meninges; cerebral meningioma
    225.3Benign neoplasm of spinal cord, cauda equine
    225.4Benign neoplasm of spinal meninges, spinal meningioma
    225.8Benign neoplasm of other specified sites of nervous system
    225.9Benign neoplasm of nervous system, part unspecified
    227.3Benign neoplasm of pituitary, craniopharyngeal duct, craniobuccal pouch, hypophysis, Rathke’s pouch, sella turcica
    227.4Benign neoplasm of pineal gland, pineal body
    230.0 – 234.9Carcinoma in situ*
    237.0Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of pituitary gland and craniopharyngeal duct
    237.1Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of pineal gland
    237.5Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of brain and spinal cord
    237.6Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of meninges, NOS; cerebral, spinal
    237.70Neurofibromatosis, Unspecified von Recklinghausen’s Disease
    237.71Neurofibromatosis, Type One von Recklinhausen’s Disease
    237.72Neurofibromatosis, Type Two von Recklinhausen’s Disease
    237.9Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of other/unspecified parts of nervous system; cranial nerves
    238.4Polycythemia vera
    238.6Solitary plasmacytoma, extramedullary plasmacytoma
    238.71**Essential thrombocythemia
    238.72**Low grade myelodysplastic syndrome lesions
    238.73**High grade myelodysplastic  syndrome lesions
    238.74**Myelodysplastic syndrome with 5q deletion
    238.75**Myelodysplastic syndrome, unspecified
    238.76**Myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia
    238.79**Other lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues
    273.2Gamma heavy chain disease; Franklin disease
    273.3Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia
    288.3Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
    289.83**Myelofibrosis
    795.06**Papanicolaou smear of cervix with cytologic evidence of malignancy (without histologic confirmation)  (positive Pap smear)

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    Note:  Reportable diagnoses include juvenile astrocytoma, pilocytic astrocytoma and piloid astrocytoma.

    * Exclusions: Basal and squamous cell carcinoma of skin, except of genitalia, are not reportable. In situ carcinoma of the cervix uteri and PIN III are not reportable.

    ** New code effective 10/1/2006.

    Revised August 2007