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carcinoma

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Carcinoma is a malignancy that develops from epithelial cells. Specifically, a carcinoma is a cancer that begins in a tissue that lines the inner or outer surfaces of the body, and that arises from cells originating in the endodermal, mesodermal or ectodermal germ layer during embryogenesis. Carcinomas occur when the DNA of a cell is damaged or altered and the cell begins to grow uncontrollably and becomes malignant...
Related Codes (4)
Code
Description
Billable
Details
C22.0Liver cell carcinoma
C22.1Intrahepatic bile duct carcinoma
Type 1 Excludes (1)
C22.7Other specified carcinomas of liver
D07.5Carcinoma in situ of prostate
Type 1 Excludes (2)

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