C72
Header — not billableMalignant neoplasm of spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of central nervous system
The ICD-10 code for malignant neoplasm of spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of central nervous system is C72.
C72 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 7 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).
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 C72
- C72.0Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord
- C72.1Malignant neoplasm of cauda equina
- C72.2Malignant neoplasm of olfactory nervenon-billable header
- C72.3Malignant neoplasm of optic nervenon-billable header
- C72.4Malignant neoplasm of acoustic nervenon-billable header
- C72.5Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified cranial nervesnon-billable header
- C72.9Malignant neoplasm of central nervous system, unspecified
Related codes in this category
- C69Malignant neoplasm of eye and adnexanon-billable header
- C70Malignant neoplasm of meningesnon-billable header
- C71Malignant neoplasm of brainnon-billable header
- C72Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of central nervous systemnon-billable header