DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

C38 Malignant neoplasm of heart, mediastinum and pleura

  • Header · not billable

C38 is not billable. The category heads 6 billable codes in FY2027: the 6 codes directly below it.

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 2 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
  2. C30-C39 Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs (C30-C39)
  3. C38 Malignant neoplasm of heart, mediastinum and pleura
Billable codes
6
Subdivisions
6
CC / MCC codes
6 / 0
HCC V28 codes
6
New FY2027
0
Index entries
0

Codes in C38

  1. C38.0
    Malignant neoplasm of heart
    BillableCC20
    Inclusion terms 1, Excludes1 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Malignant neoplasm of pericardium

    Excludes1

    • malignant neoplasm of great vessels (C49.3) C49.3
  2. C38.1
    Malignant neoplasm of anterior mediastinum
    BillableCC21
  3. C38.2
    Malignant neoplasm of posterior mediastinum
    BillableCC21
  4. C38.3
    Malignant neoplasm of mediastinum, part unspecified
    BillableCC21
  5. C38.4
    Malignant neoplasm of pleura
    BillableCC20
  6. C38.8
    Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of heart, mediastinum and pleura
    BillableCC21

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 C38

Excludes1

  • mesothelioma (C45.-) C45

Notes that also apply

Block C30-C39 instructions (Includes 1, Excludes1 1): printed on the block page.

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

Hierarchy