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C00-D49
Neoplasms
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C69-C72
Malignant neoplasms of eye, brain and other parts of central nervous system
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C69-
Malignant neoplasm of eye and adnexa
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code C69.6
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code C69.6
Malignant neoplasm of orbit
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- C69.6 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM C69.6 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of C69.6 - other international versions of ICD-10 C69.6 may differ.
Applicable To- Malignant neoplasm of connective tissue of orbit
- Malignant neoplasm of extraocular muscle
- Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of orbit
- Malignant neoplasm of retrobulbar tissue
- Malignant neoplasm of retro-ocular tissue
Type 1 ExcludesType 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as C69.6. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
The following code(s) above
C69.6 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
C69.6:
Clinical Information
- A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm involving the orbit.
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to C69.6:
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Type 1 Excludes: C47.0, C49.0, C71
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code C47.0
Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of head, face and neck
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves of orbit (C69.6-)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code C49.0
Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of head, face and neck
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Malignant neoplasm of connective tissue of ear
- Malignant neoplasm of connective tissue of eyelid
Type 1 Excludes- connective tissue of orbit (C69.6-)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code C71
Malignant neoplasm of brain
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- malignant neoplasm of cranial nerves (C72.2-C72.5)
- retrobulbar malignant neoplasm (C69.6-)
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To C69.6
C69.31 Malignant neoplasm of right choroid
C69.32 Malignant neoplasm of left choroid
C69.4 Malignant neoplasm of ciliary body
C69.40 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified ciliary body
C69.41 Malignant neoplasm of right ciliary body
C69.42 Malignant neoplasm of left ciliary body
C69.5 Malignant neoplasm of lacrimal gland and duct
C69.50 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified lacrimal gland and duct
C69.51 Malignant neoplasm of right lacrimal gland and duct
C69.52 Malignant neoplasm of left lacrimal gland and duct
C69.6
Malignant neoplasm of orbit
C69.60 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified orbit
C69.61 Malignant neoplasm of right orbit
C69.62 Malignant neoplasm of left orbit
C69.8 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of eye and adnexa
C69.80 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of unspecified eye and adnexa
C69.81 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of right eye and adnexa
C69.82 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of left eye and adnexa
C69.9 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of eye
C69.90 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of unspecified eye
C69.91 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of right eye
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.