Benign neoplasm of the brain or central nervous system definition

Benign neoplasm of the brain or central nervous system means a diagnosis of neoplasm, established by a licensed physician, whose topography is classified as C70.0-C70.9, “meninges,” or C71.0-C71.9, “brain,” or C72.0-C72.9, “spinal cord, cranial nerves, and other parts of central nervous system,” or C75.1, “pituitary gland,” or C75.2, “craniopharyngeal duct,” or C75.3, “pineal gland,” or other related anatomical sites, as the Director shall specify, and whose behavior is classified as “/0, benign neoplasms,” or “/1, neoplasms of uncertain and unknown behavior” by the current amended “International Classification of Diseases for Oncology” (ICD-0) published by the World Health Organization.