ICD-11 classes
12 Diseases of the respiratory system
Neoplasms of the respiratory system
Malignant neoplasms of the respiratory system
2C25 — Malignant neoplasms of bronchus or lung
2C25.2 — Squamous cell carcinoma of bronchus or lung
ICD-11 2C25.2 — Squamous cell carcinoma of bronchus or lung
A carcinoma arising from malignant squamous bronchial epithelial cells and characterised by the presence of keratinization and/or intercellular bridges. Cigarette smoking and arsenic exposure are strongly associated with squamous cell lung carcinoma.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: