2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 174.9
Malignant neoplasm of breast (female) unspecified site
- Short description: Malign neopl breast NOS.
- ICD-9-CM 174.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 174.9 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 2010 version of ICD-9-CM 174.9.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 174.9: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 174.9 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM C50.919 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of unspecified female breast
Approximate Synonyms
- Breast cancer
- Breast cancer metastatic to LN
- Breast cancer metastatic to lymph node
- CA female breast, infiltrating ductal
- CA female breast, infiltrating ductal, stage 1
- CA female breast, infiltrating ductal, stage 2
- CA female breast, infiltrating lobular
- CA of female breast
- Cancer female breast malig cystosarcoma phyllodes
- Cancer female breast, right breast
- Cancer of the female breast
- Cancer of the female breast, infiltrating ductal
- Cancer of the female breast, infiltrating lobular
- Cancer of the female breast, recurrent
- Cancer, breast, invasive, female
- Cancer, female breast, left breast
- Female breast cancer
- Female breast cancer metastatic to eye
- Female breast cancer with metastasis to eye
- Female breast cancer, L breast
- Female breast cancer, left breast
- Female breast cancer, R breast
- Female breast cancer, right breast
- Female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma
- Female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma, bilat breasts
- Female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma, bilateral breasts
- Female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma, L breast
- Female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma, left breast
- Female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma, R breast
- Female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma, right breast
- Female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma, stage 1
- Female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma, stage 2
- Female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma, stage 3
- Female breast infiltrating ductal carcinoma, stage 4
- Female breast infiltrating lobular carcinoma
- Female breast inflammatory cancer
- Female inflammatory breast cancer
- Infiltrating duct carcinoma of breast
- Infiltrating ductal carcinoma of bilateral female breasts
- Infiltrating ductal carcinoma of breast, stage 1
- Infiltrating ductal carcinoma of breast, stage 2
- Infiltrating ductal carcinoma of breast, stage 3
- Infiltrating ductal carcinoma of breast, stage 4
- Infiltrating ductal carcinoma of left female breast
- Infiltrating ductal carcinoma of right female breast
- Infiltrating lobular carcinoma of breast
- Invasive female breast cancer
- Lobular carcinoma of breast
- Malignant cystosarcoma phyllodes
- Malignant neoplasm of female breast
- Malignant phyllodes tumor of breast
- Primary invasive malignant neoplasm of female breast
- Primary malignant inflammatory neoplasm of female breast
- Primary malignant neoplasm of female left breast
- Primary malignant neoplasm of female right breast
- Recurrent female breast cancer
- Recurrent primary malignant neoplasm of breast
- Secondary malignant neoplasm of eye from female breast
- Secondary malignant neoplasm of lymph node from neoplasm of breast
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