ICD-10-CM · Chapter 2 · C00–D49
C34.10
Malignant neoplasm of upper lobe, unspecified bronchus or lung
Neoplasms
Quick facts
- Code
- C34.10
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 2 — Neoplasms
- Category
- C34 — Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM C34.10 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of malignant neoplasm of upper lobe, unspecified bronchus or lung. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in C34
- C34Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung
- C34.0Malignant neoplasm of main bronchus
- C34.00Malignant neoplasm of unspecified main bronchus
- C34.01Malignant neoplasm of right main bronchus
- C34.02Malignant neoplasm of left main bronchus
- C34.1Malignant neoplasm of upper lobe, bronchus or lung
- C34.11Malignant neoplasm of upper lobe, right bronchus or lung
- C34.12Malignant neoplasm of upper lobe, left bronchus or lung
- C34.2Malignant neoplasm of middle lobe, bronchus or lung
- C34.3Malignant neoplasm of lower lobe, bronchus or lung
- C34.30Malignant neoplasm of lower lobe, unspecified bronchus or lung
- C34.31Malignant neoplasm of lower lobe, right bronchus or lung
- C34.32Malignant neoplasm of lower lobe, left bronchus or lung
- C34.8Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of bronchus and lung
- C34.80Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of unspecified bronchus and lung
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