C47
Header — not billableMalignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system
The ICD-10 code for malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system is C47.
C47 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 9 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- Kaposi's sarcoma of soft tissue (C46.1)
Includes
Terms listed here further define or give examples of the conditions grouped under this code — they describe what the code covers, not a separate diagnosis.
- malignant neoplasm of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves and ganglia
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under C47
- C47.0Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of head, face and neck
- C47.1Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of upper limb, including shouldernon-billable header
- C47.2Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of lower limb, including hipnon-billable header
- C47.3Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of thorax
- C47.4Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of abdomen
- C47.5Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of pelvis
- C47.6Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of trunk, unspecified
- C47.8Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system
- C47.9Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system, unspecified
Related codes in this category
- C45Mesotheliomanon-billable header
- C46Kaposi's sarcomanon-billable header
- C48Malignant neoplasm of retroperitoneum and peritoneumnon-billable header
- C49Malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissuenon-billable header
- C47Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous systemnon-billable header