ICD-10: Await 6 Renal Tumor Diagnosis Codes in 2013

Right and left will matter under ICD-10.

If your surgeon performs renal-artery catheter placement or other procedures for a patient with a kidney tumor, you can expect one of two codes to describe the neoplasm under ICD-9:

• 189.0 -- Malignant neoplasm of kidney and other and unspecified urinary organs; kidney, except pelvis
• 189.1 -- Malignant neoplasm of renal pelvis.

Starting on Oct. 1, 2013, you will have six codes to describe renal tumors. Under ICD-10 you will first have to determine if the tumor is in the patient's renal pelvis or the kidney. That will lead you to the general codes C64 (Malignant neoplasm [...]

- Published on 2012-01-19