ICD-11 classes
02 Neoplasms
Malignant neoplasms, except primary neoplasms of lymphoid,...
Malignant neoplasms, stated or presumed to be primary, of...
Malignant mesenchymal neoplasms
2B59 — Liposarcoma, primary site

ICD-11 2B59 — Liposarcoma, primary site

Liposarcoma, a type of soft tissue sarcoma, describes a group of lipomatous tumours of varying severity ranging from slow-growing to aggressive and metastatic. Liposarcomas are most often located in the lower extremities or retroperitoneum, but they can also occur in the upper extremities, neck, peritoneal cavity, spermatic cord, breast, vulva and axilla.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

Diagnosis with code 2B59 contains 5 clarifying diagnoses:

  1. 2B59.0 — Liposarcoma of soft tissue of limb
  2. 2B59.1 — Liposarcoma of retroperitoneum or peritoneum
  3. 2B59.2 — Liposarcoma of male genital organs
  4. 2B59.Y — Liposarcoma, other specified primary site
  5. 2B59.Z — Liposarcoma, unspecified primary site

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

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