ICD-11 classes
02 Neoplasms
Malignant neoplasms, except primary neoplasms of lymphoid,...
Malignant neoplasms, stated or presumed to be primary, of...
Malignant neoplasms of eye or ocular adnexa
2D02 — Malignant neoplasm of retina
2D02.0 — Adenocarcinoma of retinal pigment epithelium
ICD-11 2D02.0 — Adenocarcinoma of retinal pigment epithelium
This is a cancer of an epithelium that originates in glandular tissue. Epithelial tissue includes, but is not limited to, the surface layer of skin, glands, and a variety of other tissue that lines the cavities and organs of the body. This diagnosis is with the pigmented cell layer just outside the neurosensory retina that nourishes retinal visual cells, and is firmly attached to the underlying choroid and overlying retinal visual cells.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Malignant neoplasm of retina #9726
- Malignant neoplasm of retina #10318
- Malignant neoplasm of retina #10353