C75.5Malignant neoplasm of aortic body and other paraganglia

C75.5 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for malignant neoplasm of aortic body and other paraganglia. It belongs to category C75 (malignant neoplasm of other endocrine glands and related structures), block C73-C75 (malignant neoplasms of thyroid and other endocrine glands) and chapter 2 (neoplasms). It is billable, so it can be reported on its own for dates of service from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

Within C75, choose C75.5 (of aortic body and other paraganglia) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: of parathyroid gland (C75.0), of pituitary gland (C75.1), of craniopharyngeal duct (C75.2), of pineal gland (C75.3), of carotid body (C75.4), with pluriglandular involvement, unspecified (C75.8) and of endocrine gland, unspecified (C75.9).

As a secondary diagnosis it is a CC (complication or comorbidity), which can move an inpatient stay into the "with CC" MS-DRG of its family, unless the principal diagnosis excludes it.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 054 (Nervous System Neoplasms with MCC, relative weight 1.5194) and DRG 055 (Nervous System Neoplasms without MCC, relative weight 1.0296), in MDC 01 (Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.

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

Before ICD-10, this condition was coded in ICD-9-CM as 194.6 (malignant neoplasm of aortic body and other paraganglia).