Diagnosis Code: 259.2

Short Description: Carcinoid syndrome

Long Description: Carcinoid syndrome

Code Classification:

• Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, and immunity disorders (240–279)
  • Diseases of other endocrine glands (249-259)
    • 259 Other endocrine disorders
      • 259.2 Carcinoid syndrome

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 259.2 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Argentaffinoma (M8241/1) - see also Neoplasm, by site, uncertain behavior
  • syndrome 259.2

• Bi�rck (-Thorson) syndrome (malignant carcinoid) 259.2

• Carcinoidosis 259.2

• Carcinoma (M8010/3) - see also Neoplasm, by site, malignant
  • Kulchitsky's cell (carcinoid tumor of intestine) 259.2

• Cassidy (-Scholte) syndrome (malignant carcinoid) 259.2

• Flush syndrome 259.2

• Hedinger's syndrome (malignant carcinoid) 259.2

• Kulchitsky's cell carcinoma (carcinoid tumor of intestine) 259.2

• Scholte's syndrome (malignant carcinoid) 259.2

• Secretion
  • hormone
    • by
      • carcinoid tumor 259.2

• Syndrome - see also Disease
  • argentaffin, argintaffinoma 259.2
  • Bi�rck (-Thorson) (malignant carcinoid) 259.2
  • carcinoid 259.2
  • Cassidy (-Scholte) (malignant carcinoid) 259.2
  • flush 259.2
  • Hedinger's (malignant carcinoid) 259.2
  • intestinal
    • carcinoid 259.2
  • malignant carcinoid 259.2
  • metastatic carcinoid 259.2
  • Scholte's (malignant carcinoid) 259.2
  • Thorson-Bi�rck (malignant carcinoid) 259.2

• Thorson-Bi�rck syndrome (malignant carcinoid) 259.2

Crosswalk Information

The code 259.2 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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