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ICD-9 Codes for Cancer Reporting in Delaware


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ICD-9-CM Casefinding List for Reportable Tumors (Effective date: 10/1/2006)

Currently reportable cases with diagnosis date 2004 or later include all invasive and in situ malignant neoplasms and specified benign neoplasms of the brain and CNS, as listed below:

ICD-9-CM Terminology
140.0 – 208.9 Malignant neoplasms*
225.0 Benign neoplasm of brain, NOS

225.1
225.2
225.3
225.4
225.8
225.9

    Benign neoplasm of cranial nerves
    Benign neoplasm of cerebral meninges; cerebral meningioma
    Benign neoplasm of spinal cord, cauda equine
    Benign neoplasm of spinal meninges, spinal meningioma
    Benign neoplasm of other specified sites of nervous system
    Benign neoplasm of nervous system, part unspecified

227.3 Benign neoplasm of pituitary, craniopharyngeal duct, craniobuccal pouch, hypophysis, Rathke’s pouch, sella turcica
227.4 Benign neoplasm of pineal gland, pineal body
230.0 - 234.9 Carcinoma in situ*
237.0 Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of pituitary gland and craniopharyngeal duct

237.1
237.5
237.6
237.70
237.71
237.72
237.9

    Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of pineal gland
    Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of brain and spinal cord
    Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of meninges, NOS; cerebral, spinal
    Neurofibromatosis, Unspecified von Recklinghausen’s Disease
    Neurofibromatosis, Type One von Recklinhausen’s Disease
    Neurofibromatosis, Type Two von Recklinhausen’s Disease
    Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of other/unspecified parts of nervous system; cranial nerves

238.4 Polycythemia vera
238.6 Solitary plasmacytoma, extramedullary plasmacytoma
238.71** Essential thrombocythemia
238.72** Low grade myelodysplastic syndrome lesions
238.73** High grade myelodysplastic  syndrome lesions
238.74** Myelodysplastic syndrome with 5q deletion
238.75** Myelodysplastic syndrome, unspecified
238.76** Myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia
238.79** Other lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues
273.2 Gamma heavy chain disease; Franklin disease
273.3 Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia
288.3 Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
289.83** Myelofibrosis
795.06** Papanicolaou smear of cervix with cytologic evidence of malignancy (without histologic confirmation)  (positive Pap smear)

PLEASE CONTACT THE DELAWARE CANCER REGISTRY AT 302-995-8605 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS

Note:  Reportable diagnoses include juvenile astrocytoma, pilocytic astrocytoma and piloid astrocytoma.

* Exclusions: Basal and squamous cell carcinoma of skin, except of genitalia, are not reportable. In situ carcinoma of the cervix uteri and PIN III are not reportable.

** New code effective 10/1/2006.

Revised August 2007



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