Table 1 WHO classification and SNOMED codes of primary bone tumours [3]

Osteochondroma

9210/0*

Giant cell tumour

9250/1

Chondroma

9220/0

Malignancy in giant cell tumour

9250/3

   Enchondroma

9220/0

   Periosteal chondroma

9221/0

   Multiple chondromatosis

9220/1

Notochordal tumours

Chondroblastoma

9230/0

Chordoma

9370/3

Chondromyxoid fibroma

9241/0

Chondrosarcoma

9220/3

   Central, 1° and 2°

9220/3

Vascular tumours

   Peripheral

9221/3

Haemangioma

9120/0

   Dedifferentiated

9243/3

Angiosarcoma

   Mesenchymal

9240/3

   Clear cell

9242/3

Smooth muscle tumours

Leiomyoma

8890/0

Osteogenic tumours

Osteoid osteoma

9191/0

Osteoblastoma

9200/0

Osteosarcoma

9180/3

Lipogenic tumours

   Conventional

9180/3

Lipoma

8850/0

Chondroblastic

9181/3

Liposarcoma

8850/3

Fibroblastic

9182/3

Osteoblastic

9180/3

Telangiectatic

9183/3

Neural tumours

Small cell

9185/3

Neurilemmoma

9560/0

Low grade central

9187/3

Secondary

9180/3

Parosteal

9192/3

Miscellaneous tumours

Periosteal

9193/3

Adamantinoma

9261/3

High grade surface

9194/3

Metastatic malignancy

Fibrogenic tumours

Miscellaneous lesions

Desmoplastic fibroma

88230

Aneurysmal bone cyst

33640

Fibrosarcoma

88103

Simple cyst

33400

Fibrous dysplasia

74910

Osteofibrous dysplasia

92620

Fibrohistiocytic tumours

Langerhans cell histiocytosis

97511

Benign fibrous histiocytoma

8830/0

Erdheim-Chester disease

77920

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma

8830/3

Chest wall hamartoma

75580

Ewing sarcoma

Ewing sarcoma

9260/3

Haematopoietic tumours

Plasma cell myeloma

9732/3

Malignant lymphoma, NOS

9590/3