C72.4 Malignant neoplasm of acoustic nerve

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applies from C72 Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of central nervous system

Excludes1 (never code together)

• malignant neoplasm of meninges (C70.-)
• malignant neoplasm of peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system (C47.-)

Codes under C72.4

• C72.40 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified acoustic nerve
• C72.41 Malignant neoplasm of right acoustic nerve
• C72.42 Malignant neoplasm of left acoustic nerve

Code annotations containing back-references to C72.4

Back-references to C72.4

• Type 1 Excludes: C71 Malignant neoplasm of brain ("malignant neoplasm of cranial nerves (C72.2-C72.5)")

Diagnosis Index entries for C72.4

• Neurilemmoma › malignant › acoustic (nerve)

Nearby codes

• C72.22 Malignant neoplasm of left olfactory nerve
• C72.3 Malignant neoplasm of optic nerve
• C72.30 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified optic nerve
• C72.31 Malignant neoplasm of right optic nerve
• C72.32 Malignant neoplasm of left optic nerve
• C72.4 Malignant neoplasm of acoustic nerve (this code)
• C72.40 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified acoustic nerve
• C72.41 Malignant neoplasm of right acoustic nerve
• C72.42 Malignant neoplasm of left acoustic nerve
• C72.5 Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified cranial nerves
• C72.50 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified cranial nerve