2007 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Neoplasms 140-239 > Malignant Neoplasm Of Lymphatic And Hematopoietic Tissue 200-208 >
  Multiple myeloma and immunoproliferative neoplasms- 203 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis
  Multiple myeloma- (mye-eh-LO-ma) Cancer that arises in plasma cells (white blood cells that produce antibodies).
- A bone marrow-based plasma cell neoplasm characterized by a serum monoclonal protein and skeletal destruction with osteolytic lesions, pathological fractures, bone pain, hypercalcemia, and anemia. Clinical variants include non-secretory myeloma, smoldering myeloma, indolent myeloma, and plasma cell leukemia. (WHO, 2001) -- 2003
- A malignant tumor of plasma cells usually arising in the bone marrow; characterized by diffuse involvement of the skeletal system, hyperglobulinemia, Bence-Jones proteinuria, and anemia.
- 203.0 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis
- 203.0 contains 14 index entries
  Multiple myeloma without remission- 203.00 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  Multiple myeloma in remission- 203.01 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  Plasma cell leukemia- 203.1 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis
- 203.1 contains 2 index entries
  Plasma cell leukemia without remission- 203.10 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  Plasma cell leukemia in remission- History of plasmacytic leukemia after therapy with no evidence on the peripheral blood or bone marrow of leukemia (normalization of all hematologic parameters).
- 203.11 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  Other immunoproliferative neoplasms- 203.8 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis
- 203.8 contains 4 index entries
  Other immunoproliferative neoplasms without remission- 203.80 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  Other immunoproliferative neoplasms in remission- 203.81 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
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