2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 140.9
Malignant neoplasm of lip, unspecified, vermilion border
- 2015
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- ICD-9-CM 140.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 140.9 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
140.9 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM C00.2 Malignant neoplasm of external lip, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
- Basal cell carcinoma of skin of lip
- Cancer of the lip
- Cancer of the lip, vermilion border
- Cancer, lip, vermilion border, squamous cell
- Carcinoma of lip
- Carcinoma of vermilion border of lower lip
- Lip cancer
- Lip cancer, vermilion border
- Malignant tumor of lip
- Malignant tumor of vermilion border of lip
- Primary malignant neoplasm of lip
- Primary malignant neoplasm of vermilion border of lip
- Primary squamous cell carcinoma of lip vermilion border
- Squamous cell carcinoma of lip
- Squamous cell carcinoma, vermilion border of lip
Applies To
- Lip, not specified as upper or lower:
