2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 154.0
Malignant neoplasm of rectosigmoid junction
- 2015
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- ICD-9-CM 154.0 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 154.0 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:
154.0 converts directly to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM C19 Malignant neoplasm of rectosigmoid junction
Approximate Synonyms
- Adenocarcinoma, rectosigmoid
- Cancer of the rectosigmoid junction
- Cancer of the rectosigmoid, adenocarcinoma
- Carcinoma of the rectosigmoid junction
- Colorectal cancer
- Colorectal cancer metastatic to brain
- Colorectal cancer, metastatic to brain
- Colorectal malignant neoplasm metastatic to brain
- Overlapping malignant neoplasm of colon and rectum
- Primary adenocarcinoma of rectosigmoid junction
- Rectosigmoid junction cancer
Clinical Information
- A malignant tumor involving the rectum and sigmoid colon. The majority are carcinomas
- Malignant tumor of the colon or rectum. The majority are adenocarcinomas. Loss of imprinting (loi) of the insulin-like growth factor ii (igf2) gene is suggested to be associated with a predisposition to sporadic colorectal cancer
Applies To
- Colon with rectum
- Rectosigmoid (colon)
