ICD-9-CM 238.6 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 238.6 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).
2015/16 ICD-10-CM D47.Z9 Other specified neoplasms of uncertain behavior of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue
Approximate Synonyms
Monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance
Multiple solitary plasmacytomas
Plasma cell myeloma/plasmacytoma
Plasma cell neoplasm
Plasmacytoma
Primary cutaneous plasmacytoma
Solitary osseous myeloma
Clinical Information
(plas-ma-sye-toe-ma) cancer of the plasma cells (white blood cells that produce antibodies) that may turn into multiple myeloma
A malignant (clonal) proliferation of plasma cells that are cytologically and immunophenotypically identical to those of plasma cell myeloma, but manifest a localized osseous or extraosseous growth pattern. (who, 2001)
A single focus of clonal (malignant) plasma cells either in the bone or in another anatomic site without peripheral blood involvement