
 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 171.9 
  Malignant neoplasm of connective and other soft tissue, site unspecified
- Short description: Mal neo soft tissue NOS.
 - ICD-9-CM 171.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 171.9 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).
 - You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM 171.9.
 - More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 171.9: 2014 2015.
 
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 
171.9 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM C49.9 Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue, unspecified
 
 Approximate Synonyms
- Adipocytic liposarcoma
 - Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
 - Alveolar soft part sarcoma
 - Angiosarcoma
 - Atypical fibroxanthoma
 - Atypical fibroxanthoma of skin
 - Atypical fibroxanthoma, skin
 - Autonomic nervous system cancer
 - Botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma
 - Cancer of the peripheral nerve
 - Cancer of the synovium, sarcoma
 - Cancer, angiosarcoma
 - Cancer, autonomic nervous system
 - Cancer, leiomyosarcoma
 - Cancer, liposarcoma
 - Cancer, malignant fibrous histiocytoma
 - Cancer, myxoid liposarcoma
 - Cancer, rhabdomyosarcoma
 - Cancer, sarcoma
 - Carcinoma of bone, connective tissue, skin and breast
 - Cutaneous leiomyosarcoma with granular cell change
 - Dedifferentiated liposarcoma
 - Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
 - Epithelioid leiomyosarcoma of skin
 - Epithelioid malignant nerve sheath tumor
 - Extraskeletal mesenchymal chondrosarcoma
 - Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma
 - Ganglioneuroblastoma
 - Granulocytic sarcoma affecting skin
 - Histiocytic sarcoma
 - Infantile fibrosarcoma
 - Inflammatory malignant fibrous histiocytoma of skin
 - International neuroblastoma pathology classification: Favorable histology group, patient age 1.5 years up to but less than 5 years, with differentiating neuroblastoma , and low mitosis-karyorrhexis index
 - International neuroblastoma pathology classification: Favorable histology group, patient less than 1.5 years of age, with poorly differentiated neuroblastoma , and low or intermediate mitosis-karyorrhexis index
 - International neuroblastoma staging system stage 1
 - Intravascular angiosarcoma
 - Leiomyosarcoma
 - Liposarcoma
 - Local recurrence of malignant tumor of soft tissue
 - Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma
 - Lymphangiosarcoma
 - Malignant fibromatous neoplasm
 - Malignant fibrous histiocytoma
 - Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of skin
 - Malignant granular cell tumor
 - Malignant infiltration of peripheral nerve
 - Malignant infiltration of peripheral nerve plexus
 - Malignant infiltration of soft tissue
 - Malignant lipomatous tumor
 - Malignant melanoma of soft tissues
 - Malignant neoplasm of bone, connective tissue, skin and breast
 - Malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system
 - Malignant neoplasm of soft tissue
 - Malignant neoplasm of subcutaneous fibrous tissue
 - Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor
 - Malignant Triton tumor
 - Malignant tumor of fibrous tissue
 - Malignant tumor of mesothelial tissue
 - Malignant tumor of muscle
 - Malignant tumor of nerve sheath origin
 - Malignant tumor of peripheral nerve
 - Malignant tumor of spinal nerve and sheath
 - Melanotic malignant nerve sheath tumor
 - Metastasis from malignant tumor of soft tissues
 - Metastatic sarcoma
 - Myxoid leiomyosarcoma of skin
 - Myxoid liposarcoma
 - Overlapping malignant neoplasm of soft tissues
 - Peripheral nerve cancer
 - Pleomorphic liposarcoma
 - Pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma
 - Primary leiomyosarcoma
 - Primary malignant neoplasm of autonomic nervous system
 - Primary malignant neoplasm of blood vessel
 - Primary malignant neoplasm of muscle
 - Primary malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerve
 - Primary malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and peripheral autonomic nervous system
 - Primary malignant neoplasm of soft tissues
 - Rhabdomyosarcoma
 - Rhabdomyosarcoma of connective or soft tissue
 - Round cell liposarcoma
 - Sarcoma
 - Sarcoma of bone and connective tissue
 - Sarcoma of soft tissue
 - Sarcoma, soft tissue
 - Sarcomatous metastasis in skin
 - Sclerosing liposarcoma
 - Spindle cell liposarcoma
 - Spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma
 - Synovial sarcoma
 - Vaccine-induced fibrosarcoma
 
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 
171.9:
- Sarcomatosis
unspecified site (M8800/6) 171.9