2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 234.9
Carcinoma in situ, site unspecified
- 2015
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- ICD-9-CM 234.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 234.9 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
234.9 converts directly to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM D09.9 Carcinoma in situ, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
- Adenocarcinoma in situ in villous adenoma
- Cancer in situ
- Carcinoma in situ
Clinical Information
- (kar-sin-o-ma in sye-too) cancer that involves only the cells in which it began and that has not spread to neighboring tissues
- A group of abnormal cells that remain in the place where they first formed. They have not spread. These abnormal cells may become cancer and spread into nearby normal tissue
- A lesion with cytological characteristics associated with invasive carcinoma but the tumor cells are confined to the epithelium of origin, without invasion of the basement membrane
- A malignant epithelial neoplasm confined to the epithelial layer and without evidence of further tissue invasion
- A malignant epithelial neoplasm which is confined to the epithelial layer without evidence of further tissue invasion
