DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

C46 Kaposi's sarcoma

  • Header · not billable

C46 is not billable. The category heads 10 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 8 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • Kaposi'ssarcomalung → C46.5-
  • Kaposi'ssarcomacolon → C46.4
  • Kaposi'ssarcomarectum → C46.4

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 2 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
  2. C45-C49 Malignant neoplasms of mesothelial and soft tissue (C45-C49)
  3. C46 Kaposi's sarcoma
Billable codes
10
Subdivisions
8
CC / MCC codes
10 / 0
HCC V28 codes
10
New FY2027
0
Index entries
22

Codes in C46

  1. C46.0
    Kaposi's sarcoma of skin
    BillableCC21
  2. C46.1
    Kaposi's sarcoma of soft tissue
    BillableCC21
    Inclusion terms 6, Excludes2 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Kaposi's sarcoma of blood vessel
    • Kaposi's sarcoma of connective tissue
    • Kaposi's sarcoma of fascia
    • Kaposi's sarcoma of ligament
    • Kaposi's sarcoma of lymphatic(s) NEC
    • Kaposi's sarcoma of muscle

    Excludes2

    • Kaposi's sarcoma of lymph glands and nodes (C46.3) C46.3
  3. C46.2
    Kaposi's sarcoma of palate
    BillableCC21
  4. C46.3
    Kaposi's sarcoma of lymph nodes
    BillableCC21
  5. C46.4
    Kaposi's sarcoma of gastrointestinal sites
    BillableCC21
  6. C46.5
    Kaposi's sarcoma of lung
    Header
  7. C46.50
    Kaposi's sarcoma of unspecified lung
    BillableCC21
  8. C46.51
    Kaposi's sarcoma of right lung
    BillableCC21
  9. C46.52
    Kaposi's sarcoma of left lung
    BillableCC21
  10. C46.7
    Kaposi's sarcoma of other sites
    BillableCC21
  11. C46.9
    Kaposi's sarcoma, unspecified
    BillableCC21
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Kaposi's sarcoma of unspecified site

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 C46

Code first

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Notes that also apply

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

Index entries

  • Kaposi'ssarcomaskin (multiple sites) → C46.0
  • Sarcoma (of)Kaposi'sskin → C46.0
  • Kaposi'ssarcomaconnective tissue → C46.1
  • Sarcoma (of)Kaposi'sconnective tissue → C46.1
  • Kaposi'ssarcomapalate (hard) (soft) → C46.2
  • Sarcoma (of)Kaposi'spalate (hard) (soft) → C46.2
  • Kaposi'ssarcomalymph node (multiple) → C46.3
  • Sarcoma (of)Kaposi'slymph node(s) → C46.3
  • Kaposi'ssarcomacolon → C46.4
  • Kaposi'ssarcomagastrointestinal organ → C46.4
  • Kaposi'ssarcomarectum → C46.4
  • Kaposi'ssarcomastomach → C46.4
  • Sarcoma (of)Kaposi'scolon → C46.4
  • Sarcoma (of)Kaposi'sgastrointestinal organ → C46.4
  • Sarcoma (of)Kaposi'srectum → C46.4
  • Sarcoma (of)Kaposi'sstomach → C46.4
  • Kaposi'ssarcomalung → C46.5-
  • Sarcoma (of)Kaposi'slung → C46.5-
  • Kaposi'ssarcomaspecified site NEC → C46.7
  • Sarcoma (of)Kaposi'sspecified site NEC → C46.7
  • Kaposi'ssarcomaunspecified site → C46.9
  • Sarcoma (of)Kaposi'sunspecified site → C46.9

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