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239 Neoplasms of unspecified nature

          Includes: "growth" NOS
           neoplasm NOS
           new growth NOS
           tumor NOS

239.0 Digestive system

          Excludes: anus:
           margin (239.2)
           skin (239.2)
           perianal skin (239.2)

239.1 Respiratory system

239.2 Bone, soft tissue, and skin

          Excludes: anal canal (239.0)
           anus NOS (239.0)
           cartilage:
           larynx (239.1)
           nose (239.1)
           connective tissue of breast (239.3)
           skin of genital organs (239.5)
           vermilion border of lip (239.8)

239.3 Breast

          Excludes: skin of breast (239.2)

239.4 Bladder

239.5 Other genitourinary organs

239.6 Brain

          Excludes: cerebral meninges (239.7)
           cranial nerves (239.7)

239.7 Endocrine glands and other parts of nervous system

          Excludes: peripheral, sympathetic, and parasympathetic nerves and ganglia
           (239.2)

239.8 Other specified sites

          Excludes: eyelid (skin) (239.2)
           cartilage (239.2)
           great vessels (239.2)
           optic nerve (239.7)

239.9 Site unspecified

           III. ENDOCRINE, NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC DISEASES, AND
           IMMUNITY DISORDERS
          Excludes: endocrine and metabolic disturbances specific to the fetus and
           newborn (775.-)
          Note: All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in
           Chapter 2. Codes in Chapter 3 (i.e., 242.8, 246.0, 251-253, 255-259)
           may be used, if desired, to identify such functional activity
           associated with any neoplasm, or by ectopic endocrine tissue.
           DISORDERS OF THYROID GLAND (240-246)
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