C50
Malignant neoplasm of breast
Non-billableCategory
Chapter: 2. Neoplasms
Section: C50 - Malignant neoplasms of breast
Coding Guidelines
Includes
- connective tissue of breast
- Paget's disease of breast
- Paget's disease of nipple
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with C50
- skin of breast (C44.501, C44.511, C44.521, C44.591)
Use Additional Code
- code to identify estrogen, and other hormones and factors receptor status (Z17.-)
Specific Codes (10)
C50.0Category
Malignant neoplasm of nipple and areola
C50.1Category
Malignant neoplasm of central portion of breast
C50.2Category
Malignant neoplasm of upper-inner quadrant of breast
C50.3Category
Malignant neoplasm of lower-inner quadrant of breast
C50.4Category
Malignant neoplasm of upper-outer quadrant of breast
C50.5Category
Malignant neoplasm of lower-outer quadrant of breast
C50.6Category
Malignant neoplasm of axillary tail of breast
C50.8Category
Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of breast
C50.9Category
Malignant neoplasm of breast of unspecified site
C50.ACategory
Malignant inflammatory neoplasm of breast
