Causes of a goiter include an imbalance in the thyroid gland and Goiter symptoms generally occur in a gland that is overactive, producing too much hormone (hyperthyroidism), or that is underactive, producing too little hormone (hypothyroidism).
ICD-9 170.3 is malignant neoplasm of ribs, sternum, and clavicle (1703). This code is grouped under diagnosis codes for neoplasms.
a neoplasm whose cells and organization resemble those of the tissue from which it is growing. malignant neoplasm. a neoplasm with the characteristics of anaplasia, invasiveness and metastasis.eoplastic, adj. (1) An abnormal mass of tissue, the growth of which exceeds and is uncoordinated with that of normal tissue, and persists in the same excessive manner after cessation of the stimuli evoking the change. (2) Any autonomous proliferation of cells, benign or malignant. Neoplasm classifications.