2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Endocrine, Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases, And Immunity Disorders 240-279 > Diseases Of Other Endocrine Glands 250-259 > Other Endocrine Disorders 259.* > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 259.2 Carcinoid syndrome View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 259.2 A symptom complex associated with CARCINOID TUMOR and characterized by attacks of severe flushing of the skin, diarrheal watery stools, bronchoconstriction, sudden drops in blood pressure, edema, and ascites. The carcinoid tumors are usually located in the gastrointestinal tract and metastasize to the liver. Symptoms are caused by tumor secretion of serotonin, prostaglandins, and other biologically active substances. Cardiac manifestations constitute CARCINOID HEART DISEASE. 259.2 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 259.2 contains 23 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 259.* hierarchy Alternate Terminology Hormone secretion by carcinoid tumors  Index entries containing 259.2: Argentaffinoma (M8241/1) - see also Neoplasm, by site, uncertain behavior syndrome 259.2 Biörck (-Thorson) syndrome (malignant carcinoid) 259.2 Carcinoid (tumor) (M8240/1) - see also Neoplasm, by site, uncertain behavior syndrome (intestinal) (metastatic) 259.2 Carcinoidosis 259.2 Carcinoma (M8010/3) - see also Neoplasm, by site, malignant Kulchitsky's cell (carcinoid tumor of intestine) 259.2 Cassidy (-Scholte) syndrome (malignant carcinoid) 259.2 Flush syndrome 259.2 Hedinger's syndrome (malignant carcinoid) 259.2 Kulchitsky's cell carcinoma (carcinoid tumor of intestine) 259.2 Scholte's syndrome (malignant carcinoid) 259.2 Secretion hormone by carcinoid tumor 259.2 Syndrome - see also Disease argentaffin, argintaffinoma 259.2 Biörck (-Thorson) (malignant carcinoid) 259.2 carcinoid 259.2 Cassidy (-Scholte) (malignant carcinoid) 259.2 flush 259.2 Hedinger's (malignant carcinoid) 259.2 intestinal carcinoid 259.2 malignant carcinoid 259.2 metastatic carcinoid 259.2 Scholte's (malignant carcinoid) 259.2 Thorson-Biörck (malignant carcinoid) 259.2 Thorson-Biörck syndrome (malignant carcinoid) 259.2