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Category · FY2027

C22 Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts

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C22 is not billable. The category heads 8 billable codes in FY2027: the 8 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Hepatoblastoma → C22.2
  • Hepatocarcinoma → C22.0
  • Cholangiohepatoma → C22.0

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 2 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
  2. C15-C26 Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs (C15-C26)
  3. C22 Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts
Billable codes
8
Subdivisions
8
CC / MCC codes
8 / 0
HCC V28 codes
8
New FY2027
0
Index entries
37

Codes in C22

  1. C22.0
    Liver cell carcinoma
    BillableCC20
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Hepatocellular carcinoma
    • Hepatoma
  2. C22.1
    Intrahepatic bile duct carcinoma
    BillableCC20
    Inclusion terms 1, Excludes1 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Cholangiocarcinoma

    Excludes1

    • malignant neoplasm of hepatic duct (C24.0) C24.0
  3. C22.2
    Hepatoblastoma
    BillableCC20
  4. C22.3
    Angiosarcoma of liver
    BillableCC20
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Kupffer cell sarcoma
  5. C22.4
    Other sarcomas of liver
    BillableCC20
  6. C22.7
    Other specified carcinomas of liver
    BillableCC20
  7. C22.8
    Malignant neoplasm of liver, primary, unspecified as to type
    BillableCC20
  8. C22.9
    Malignant neoplasm of liver, not specified as primary or secondary
    BillableCC20

CC/MCC: as a secondary diagnosis, unless the principal diagnosis is on the code’s PDX exclusion list (MS-DRG v44 Appendix C; list on the code card).

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At C22

Excludes1

  • malignant neoplasm of biliary tract NOS (C24.9) C24.9
  • secondary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile duct (C78.7) C78.7

Use additional code

  • code to identify:
  • alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-) F10
  • hepatitis B (B16.-, B18.0-B18.1) B16 B18.0 B18.1
  • hepatitis C (B17.1-, B18.2) B17.1 B18.2

Notes that also apply

Block C15-C26 instructions (Excludes1 1, Excludes2 1): printed on the block page.

Chapter 2 instructions (Notes 8): printed on the chapter 2 page.

Index entries

  • Cholangiohepatoma → C22.0
  • Hepatocarcinoma → C22.0
  • Hepatocholangiocarcinoma → C22.0
  • Hepatoma (malignant) → C22.0
  • Hepatoblastoma → C22.2
  • Kupffer cell sarcoma → C22.3
  • Cancerhepatocellular → C22.0
  • Carcinoma (malignant)hepatic cell → C22.0
  • Carcinoma (malignant)hepatocellular → C22.0
  • Carcinoma (malignant)hepatocholangiolitic → C22.0
  • Carcinoma (malignant)liver cell → C22.0
  • Cholangiocarcinomawith hepatocellular carcinoma, combined → C22.0
  • Embryomaliver → C22.0
  • Hepatoma (malignant)embryonal → C22.0
  • Adenocarcinomabile duct type → C22.1
  • Cancerbile duct type liver → C22.1
  • Cholangiocarcinomaliver → C22.1
  • Cholangiocarcinomaunspecified site → C22.1
  • Cystadenocarcinomabile duct → C22.1
  • Angiosarcomaliver → C22.3
  • Sarcoma (of)Kupffer cell → C22.3
  • Sarcoma (of)liver NEC → C22.4
  • Carcinoma (malignant)liver NEC → C22.7
  • Teratocarcinomaliver → C22.7
  • Teratoma (solid)liver → C22.7
  • Carcinoma (malignant)bile ductwith hepatocellular, mixed → C22.0
  • Carcinoma (malignant)hepatocellularwith bile duct, mixed → C22.0
  • Carcinoma (malignant)hepatocellularfibrolamellar → C22.0
  • Embryomamalignantliver → C22.0
  • Adenocarcinomabile duct typeliver → C22.1
  • Adenocarcinomabile duct typeunspecified site → C22.1
  • Carcinoma (malignant)bile ductliver → C22.1
  • Carcinoma (malignant)bile ductunspecified site → C22.1
  • Tumormesodermal, mixedliver → C22.4
  • Carcinoma (malignant)embryonalliver → C22.7
  • Teratoma (solid)embryonalliver → C22.7
  • Tumorembryonal (mixed)liver → C22.7

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