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C72.3 Malignant neoplasm: Optic nerve

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C72.3 is the ICD-10 code for Malignant neoplasm: Optic nerve. It is a four-character subcategory of C72 (Malignant neoplasm of spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of central nervous system), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block C69–C72 (Malignant neoplasms of eye, brain and other parts of central nervous system) in Chapter II, Neoplasms.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
II · C00–D48
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

C72.3 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

C72.3Malign tumör i nervus opticus

NorwayICD-10-NO

C72.3Ondartet svulst i nervus opticus

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DC723Kræft i synsnerve

GermanyICD-10-GM

C72.3N. opticus [II. Hirnnerv]

FranceICD-10-FR

C72.3Nerf optique

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

C72.3nervus opticus

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • C72.30Malignant neoplasm of unspecified optic nerve
  • C72.31Malignant neoplasm of right optic nerve
  • C72.32Malignant neoplasm of left optic nerve

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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