2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Neoplasms 140-239 > Malignant Neoplasm Of Other And Unspecified Sites 190-199 > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 196 Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 196 The spread of the cancer to and establishment in the lymph nodes 196 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis 196 Excludes any malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes, specified as primary (200.0-202.9) Hodgkin's disease (201.0-201.9) lymphosarcoma (200.1) reticulosarcoma (200.0) other forms of lymphoma (202.0-202.9)