Brain Mets ICD-9 code

Aug 18th, 2009 -

Brain mets ICD-9 code

ICD-9 calls brain mets a "secondary malignant neoplasm"- you can look up the code from that description.

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Aug 19th, 2009 -

Brain Mets

Brain mets..... means that it has metastasized to the brain from another primary location. So yes it would be a secondary brain cancer code.