Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland
- Short description: Malign neopl thyroid.
- ICD-9-CM 193 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 193 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
- You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 193.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 193: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 193 converts directly to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM C73 Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland
Approximate Synonyms
- Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma
- CA of thyroid
- CA thyroid, papillary
- Cancer metastatic to lymph node from thyroid
- Cancer of the thyroglossal duct
- Cancer of the thyroid
- Cancer of the thyroid, anaplastic
- Cancer of the thyroid, follicular
- Cancer of the thyroid, hurthle cell
- Cancer of the thyroid, medullary
- Cancer of the thyroid, papillary
- Cancer of the thyroid, with metastasis to lungs
- Follicular carcinoma, thyroid
- Follicular thyroid carcinoma
- Hurthle cell carcinoma of thyroid
- Hurthle cell carcinoma, thyroid
- Malignant tumor of thyroid gland
- Medullary carcinoma, thyroid
- Medullary thyroid carcinoma
- Papillary carcinoma, thyroid
- Papillary thyroid carcinoma
- Primary malignant neoplasm of thyroglossal duct
- Secondary malignant neoplasm of lungs from thyroid
- Secondary malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes from thyroid
- Thyroglossal duct cancer
- Thyroid cancer
- Thyroid cancer metastatic to LN
- Thyroid cancer metastatic to lung
- Thyroid cancer metastatic to unspecified site
- Thyroid cancer, anaplastic
Applies To
- Thyroglossal duct
Use Additional
- Use additional code to identify any functional activity
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 193:
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