C49.2Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of lower limb, including hip

C49.2 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of lower limb, including hip. It belongs to category C49 (malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue), block C45-C49 (malignant neoplasms of mesothelial and soft tissue) and chapter 2 (neoplasms). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within C49 (malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue), C49.2 is specifically for malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of lower limb, including hip. Related codes cover malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of head, face and neck (C49.0), malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of upper limb, including shoulder (C49.1), malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of thorax (C49.3), malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of abdomen (C49.4), malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of pelvis (C49.5), malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of trunk, unspecified (C49.6), malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of connective and soft tissue (C49.8), malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue, unspecified (C49.9) and 1 more.

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: C49.20 (hip), C49.21 (hip) and C49.22 (hip).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.