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benign neoplasm of articular cartilage ( D16.-).Malignant neoplasms of ectopic tissue are to be coded to the site mentioned, e.g., ectopic pancreatic malignant neoplasms are coded to pancreas, unspecified ( C25.9).For multiple neoplasms of the same site that are not contiguous, such as tumors in different quadrants of the same breast, codes for each site should be assigned. 8 ('overlapping lesion'), unless the combination is specifically indexed elsewhere.

A primary malignant neoplasm that overlaps two or more contiguous (next to each other) sites should be classified to the subcategory/code.

Primary malignant neoplasms overlapping site boundaries.

In a few cases, such as for malignant melanoma and certain neuroendocrine tumors, the morphology (histologic type) is included in the category and codes. The Table of Neoplasms should be used to identify the correct topography code. Chapter 2 classifies neoplasms primarily by site (topography), with broad groupings for behavior, malignant, in situ, benign, etc.An additional code from Chapter 4 may be used, to identify functional activity associated with any neoplasm. All neoplasms are classified in this chapter, whether they are functionally active or not.