2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 196 - Secondary And Unspecified Malignant Neoplasm Of Lymph Nodes

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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 196
Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes
On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date.
The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 196 can be accessed here.
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)