C15.5Billable
Malignant neoplasm of lower third of esophagus
Chapter 2: Neoplasms
Excludes1
1 item
Excludes1
- •malignant neoplasm of cardio-esophageal junction (C16.0)
Billable Code
C15.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for adenocarcinoma of esophagus
adenocarcinoma of esophagus
View TemplatesMalignant Neoplasm of Esophagus
View documentation for carcinoma esophagus
carcinoma esophagus
View TemplatesCarcinoma of Esophagus
View documentation for esophageal adenocarcinoma
esophageal adenocarcinoma
View TemplatesMalignant Neoplasm of Esophagus
View documentation for esophagus cancer
esophagus cancer
View TemplatesMalignant Neoplasm of Esophagus
View documentation for malignant neoplasm of esophagus
malignant neoplasm of esophagus
View TemplatesMalignant Neoplasm of Esophagus
View documentation for mass esophagus
mass esophagus
View TemplatesEsophageal Mass
View documentation for mass in esophagus
mass in esophagus
View TemplatesEsophageal Mass
View documentation for superficial esophageal carcinoma hyperparathyroidism
superficial esophageal carcinoma hyperparathyroidism
View TemplatesPrimary
Superficial Esophageal Carcinoma with Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
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Notes
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Notes
From C00-D49:
- •Functional activity
- •All neoplasms are classified in this chapter, whether they are functionally active or not. An additional code from Chapter 4 may be used, to identify functional activity associated with any neoplasm.
- •Morphology [Histology]
- •Chapter 2 classifies neoplasms primarily by site (topography), with broad groupings for behavior, malignant, in situ, benign, etc. The Table of Neoplasms should be used to identify the correct topography code. In a few cases, such as for malignant melanoma and certain neuroendocrine tumors, the morphology (histologic type) is included in the category and codes.
- •Primary malignant neoplasms overlapping site boundaries
- •A primary malignant neoplasm that overlaps two or more contiguous (next to each other) sites should be classified to the subcategory/code .8 ('overlapping lesion'), unless the combination is specifically indexed elsewhere. For multiple neoplasms of the same site that are not contiguous, such as tumors in different quadrants of the same breast, codes for each site should be assigned.
- •Malignant neoplasm of ectopic tissue
- •Malignant neoplasms of ectopic tissue are to be coded to the site mentioned, e.g., ectopic pancreatic malignant neoplasms are coded to pancreas, unspecified (C25.9).