Malignant neoplasm of dorsal surface of tongue

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Malignant neoplasm of dorsal surface of tongue

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from C02 Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified parts of tongue

Use additional code

code to identify:
alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
tobacco dependence (F17.-)
tobacco use (Z72.0)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Neoplasm, neoplastic > lingual NEC
Neoplasm, neoplastic > tongue > surface
Neoplasm, neoplastic > tongue > midline NEC
Neoplasm, neoplastic > tongue > foreamen cecum
Neoplasm, neoplastic > tongue > dorsal surface NEC
Neoplasm, neoplastic > tongue > anterior NEC > dorsal surface

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
C02.1	Malignant neoplasm of border of tongue	Valid
C02.2	Malignant neoplasm of ventral surface of tongue	Valid
C02.3	Malignant neoplasm of anterior two-thirds of tongue, part unspecified	Valid
C02.4	Malignant neoplasm of lingual tonsil	Valid
C02.8	Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of tongue	Valid
C02.9	Malignant neoplasm of tongue, unspecified	Valid