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C10.1

Malignant neoplasm of anterior surface of epiglottis

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Malignant neoplasm of anterior surface of epiglottis

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 C10 Malignant neoplasm of oropharynx

Excludes2 - not included here

  • malignant neoplasm of tonsil (C09.-)

Use additional code

  • code to identify:
  • alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
  • 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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
C10.0 Malignant neoplasm of vallecula Valid
C10.2 Malignant neoplasm of lateral wall of oropharynx Valid
C10.3 Malignant neoplasm of posterior wall of oropharynx Valid
C10.4 Malignant neoplasm of branchial cleft Valid
C10.8 Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of oropharynx Valid
C10.9 Malignant neoplasm of oropharynx, unspecified Valid