C79.51

Approximate Synonyms

• Cancer metastatic to bone

• Cancer metastatic to bone, adenocarcinoma

• Cancer metastatic to bone, small cell

• Cancer metastatic to bone, squamous cell

• Cancer metastatic to bone, undifferentiated large cell

• Cancer metastatic to leg bones, adamantioma

• Cancer metastatic to vertebra

• Cancer of the thyroid, metastatic to bone

• Melanoma eye, metastatic to bone

• Melanoma, metastatic to bone

• Secondary adenocarcinoma of bone

• Secondary malignant melanoma of bone

• Secondary malignant melanoma of bone from eye

• Secondary malignant neoplasm of long bone of lower limb

• Secondary malignant neoplasm of vertebral column

• Secondary small cell carcinoma of bone

• Secondary squamous cell carcinoma of bone

• Secondary undifferentiated large cell malignant neoplasm of bone

• Thyroid cancer metastatic to bone

Clinical Information

• Cancer that has spread from the original primary) tumor to the bone.

• The spread of a malignant neoplasm from a primary site to the skeletal system. The majority of metastatic neoplasms to the bone are carcinomas.

Details

• C79.51 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM C79.51 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of C79.51 – other international versions of ICD-10 C79.51 may differ.