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Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified major salivary glands
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2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code C08.9
Malignant neoplasm of major salivary gland, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code
- C08.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2018 edition of ICD-10-CM C08.9 became effective on October 1, 2017.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of C08.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 C08.9 may differ.
Applicable To- Malignant neoplasm of salivary gland (major) NOS
The following code(s) above
C08.9 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
C08.9:
- Adenoid cystic carcinoma of salivary gland
- Cancer major salivary glands contiguous
- Cancer of the of salivary gland
- Cancer of the salivary gland low grade polymorph
- Cancer of the salivary gland, adenoid cystic
- Cancer of the salivary gland, major
- Cancer of the salivary gland, mixed tumor
- Cancer of the salivary gland, mucoepidermoid
- Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma of salivary gland
- Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma, salivary gland
- Malignant mixed tumor of salivary gland
- Malignant tumor of salivary gland
- Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of salivary gland
- Overlapping malignant neoplasm of major salivary gland
- Polymorphous low grade adenocarcinoma of salivary gland
- Primary malignant neoplasm of major salivary gland
Clinical Information
- A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm affecting the major salivary glands. Representative examples include carcinoma, lymphoma, and sarcoma.
ICD-10-CM C08.9 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v35.0):
- 011 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses with mcc
- 012 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses with cc
- 013 Tracheostomy for face, mouth and neck diagnoses without cc/mcc
- 146 Ear, nose, mouth and throat malignancy with mcc
- 147 Ear, nose, mouth and throat malignancy with cc
- 148 Ear, nose, mouth and throat malignancy without cc/mcc
Convert C08.9 to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To C08.9
C06.1 Malignant neoplasm of vestibule of mouth
C06.2 Malignant neoplasm of retromolar area
C06.8 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of other and unspecified parts of mouth
C06.80 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of unspecified parts of mouth
C06.89 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of other parts of mouth
C06.9 Malignant neoplasm of mouth, unspecified
C07 Malignant neoplasm of parotid gland
C08 Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified major salivary glands
C08.0 Malignant neoplasm of submandibular gland
C08.1 Malignant neoplasm of sublingual gland
C08.9
Malignant neoplasm of major salivary gland, unspecified
C09 Malignant neoplasm of tonsil
C09.0 Malignant neoplasm of tonsillar fossa
C09.1 Malignant neoplasm of tonsillar pillar (anterior) (posterior)
C09.8 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of tonsil
C09.9 Malignant neoplasm of tonsil, unspecified
C10 Malignant neoplasm of oropharynx
C10.0 Malignant neoplasm of vallecula
C10.1 Malignant neoplasm of anterior surface of epiglottis
C10.2 Malignant neoplasm of lateral wall of oropharynx
C10.3 Malignant neoplasm of posterior wall of oropharynx
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
