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

Codes under C72 (Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of central nervous system). A ✓ marks a billable (fully specified) code; category codes without a ✓ are not billable on their own.

Code	Description	Billable
C72.0	Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord	✓
C72.1	Malignant neoplasm of cauda equina	✓
C72.2	Malignant neoplasm of olfactory nerve	—
C72.3	Malignant neoplasm of optic nerve	—
C72.4	Malignant neoplasm of acoustic nerve	—
C72.5	Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified cranial nerves	—
C72.9	Malignant neoplasm of central nervous system, unspecified	✓
C72.20	Malignant neoplasm of unspecified olfactory nerve	✓
C72.21	Malignant neoplasm of right olfactory nerve	✓
C72.22	Malignant neoplasm of left olfactory 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	✓
C72.40	Malignant neoplasm of unspecified acoustic nerve	✓
C72.41	Malignant neoplasm of right acoustic nerve	✓
C72.42	Malignant neoplasm of left acoustic nerve	✓
C72.50	Malignant neoplasm of unspecified cranial nerve	✓
C72.59	Malignant neoplasm of other cranial nerves	✓

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