Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of thorax
- C49.3 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM C49.3 became effective on October 1, 2023.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of C49.3 – other international versions of ICD-10 C49.3 may differ.
Applicable To
- Malignant neoplasm of axilla
- Malignant neoplasm of diaphragm
- Malignant neoplasm of great vessels
Type 1 Excludes
- malignant neoplasm of breast (C50.-)
- malignant neoplasm of heart (C38.0)
- malignant neoplasm of mediastinum (C38.1-C38.3)
- malignant neoplasm of thymus (C37)
The following code(s) above C49.3 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to C49.3:
Approximate Synonyms
- Angiosarcoma, axilla
- Angiosarcoma, thorax
- Cancer of the blood vessel, axilla
- Cancer of the blood vessel, thorax
- Cancer of the diaphragm
- Cancer of the great vessels
- Cancer of the muscle, thorax
- Cancer of the soft tissue, axilla
- Cancer of the soft tissue, thorax
- Leiomyosarcoma, axilla
- Leiomyosarcoma, thorax
- Liposarcoma, axilla
- Liposarcoma, thorax
- Malignant fibrous histiocytoma, axilla
- Malignant fibrous histiocytoma, thorax
- Primary angiosarcoma of axilla
- Primary angiosarcoma of thorax
- Primary leiomyosarcoma of axilla
- Primary leiomyosarcoma of thorax
- Primary liposarcoma of axilla
- Primary liposarcoma of thorax
- Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of axilla
- Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of thorax
- Primary malignant neoplasm of blood vessel of axilla
- Primary malignant neoplasm of blood vessel of thorax
- Primary malignant neoplasm of diaphragm
- Primary malignant neoplasm of great vessels
- Primary malignant neoplasm of muscle of thorax
- Primary malignant neoplasm of soft tissues of axilla
- Primary malignant neoplasm of soft tissues of thorax
- Primary rhabdomyosarcoma of axilla
- Primary rhabdomyosarcoma of thorax
- Primary sarcoma of axilla
- Primary sarcoma of thorax
- Rhabdomyosarcoma, axilla
- Rhabdomyosarcoma, thorax
- Sarcoma, axilla
- Sarcoma, thorax
ICD-10-CM C49.3 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):
- 542 Pathological fractures and musculoskeletal and connective tissue malignancy with mcc
- 543 Pathological fractures and musculoskeletal and connective tissue malignancy with cc
- 544 Pathological fractures and musculoskeletal and connective tissue malignancy without cc/mcc
Convert C49.3 to ICD-9-CMCode History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to C49.3:
- Type 1 Excludes: C38.0