2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Neoplasms 140-239 > Malignant Neoplasm Of Bone, Connective Tissue, Skin, And Breast 170-175 > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 171 Malignant neoplasm of connective and other soft tissue View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 171 171 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis 171 Includes blood vessel bursa fascia fat ligament, except uterine muscle peripheral, sympathetic, and parasympathetic nerves and ganglia synovia tendon (sheath) 171 Excludes cartilage (of): articular (170.0-170.9) larynx (161.3) nose (160.0) connective tissue: breast (174.0-175.9) internal organs­code to malignant neoplasm of the site [e.g., leiomyosarcoma of stomach, 151.9] heart (164.1) uterine ligament (183.4)