C71Malignant neoplasm of brain
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Malignant neoplasms of eye, brain and other parts of central nervous system (C69-C72)
Coding Notes
Excludes1 (never code both together)
- malignant neoplasm of cranial nerves (C72.2-C72.5)
- retrobulbar malignant neoplasm (C69.6-)
Subcategories (10)
- C71.0 Malignant neoplasm of cerebrum, except lobes and ventricles
- C71.1 Malignant neoplasm of frontal lobe
- C71.2 Malignant neoplasm of temporal lobe
- C71.3 Malignant neoplasm of parietal lobe
- C71.4 Malignant neoplasm of occipital lobe
- C71.5 Malignant neoplasm of cerebral ventricle
- C71.6 Malignant neoplasm of cerebellum
- C71.7 Malignant neoplasm of brain stem
- C71.8 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of brain
- C71.9 Malignant neoplasm of brain, unspecified