2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Neoplasms 140-239 > Carcinoma In Situ 230-234 > Carcinoma In Situ Of Other And Unspecified Sites 234.* >  2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 234.9
Carcinoma in situ site unspecified- (kar-sin-O-ma in SYE-too) Cancer that involves only the cells in which it began and that has not spread to neighboring tissues.
- A lesion with cytological characteristics associated with invasive carcinoma but the tumor cells are confined to the epithelium of origin, without invasion of the basement membrane.
- 234.9 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 234.* hierarchy
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