C69 Malignant neoplasm of eye and adnexa

Category / Non-billable header 36 subcodes

Block: Malignant neoplasms of eye, brain and other parts of central nervous system (C69-C72)

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • malignant neoplasm of connective tissue of eyelid (C49.0)
  • malignant neoplasm of eyelid (skin) (C43.1-, C44.1-)
  • malignant neoplasm of optic nerve (C72.3-)

Subcodes

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Code Description Billable
C69..0 Malignant neoplasm of conjunctiva No
C69..00 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified conjunctiva Yes
C69..01 Malignant neoplasm of right conjunctiva Yes
C69..02 Malignant neoplasm of left conjunctiva Yes
C69..1 Malignant neoplasm of cornea No
C69..10 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified cornea Yes
C69..11 Malignant neoplasm of right cornea Yes
C69..12 Malignant neoplasm of left cornea Yes
C69..2 Malignant neoplasm of retina No
C69..20 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified retina Yes
C69..21 Malignant neoplasm of right retina Yes
C69..22 Malignant neoplasm of left retina Yes
C69..3 Malignant neoplasm of choroid No
C69..30 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified choroid Yes
C69..31 Malignant neoplasm of right choroid Yes
C69..32 Malignant neoplasm of left choroid Yes
C69..4 Malignant neoplasm of ciliary body No
C69..40 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified ciliary body Yes
C69..41 Malignant neoplasm of right ciliary body Yes
C69..42 Malignant neoplasm of left ciliary body Yes
C69..5 Malignant neoplasm of lacrimal gland and duct No
C69..50 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified lacrimal gland and duct Yes
C69..51 Malignant neoplasm of right lacrimal gland and duct Yes
C69..52 Malignant neoplasm of left lacrimal gland and duct Yes
C69..6 Malignant neoplasm of orbit No
C69..60 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified orbit Yes
C69..61 Malignant neoplasm of right orbit Yes
C69..62 Malignant neoplasm of left orbit Yes
C69..8 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of eye and adnexa No
C69..80 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of unspecified eye and adnexa Yes
C69..81 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of right eye and adnexa Yes
C69..82 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of left eye and adnexa Yes
C69..9 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of eye No
C69..90 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of unspecified eye Yes
C69..91 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of right eye Yes
C69..92 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified site of left eye Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026