ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C00-C14 › C11 Malignant neoplasm of nasopharynx › C11.8
Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of nasopharynx
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 overlapping sites of nasopharynx
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 C11 Malignant neoplasm of nasopharynx
Use additional code
- code to identify:
- 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.
- Tumor > Schmincke's
- Carcinoma > Schmincke
- Schneiderian > papilloma
- Schmincke's carcinoma or tumor
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > nasopharynx, nasopharyngeal > overlapping lesion
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C11.0 | Malignant neoplasm of superior wall of nasopharynx | Valid |
| C11.1 | Malignant neoplasm of posterior wall of nasopharynx | Valid |
| C11.2 | Malignant neoplasm of lateral wall of nasopharynx | Valid |
| C11.3 | Malignant neoplasm of anterior wall of nasopharynx | Valid |
| C11.9 | Malignant neoplasm of nasopharynx, unspecified | Valid |