Malignant neoplasm of pharynx, unspecified

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 pharynx, unspecified

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 C14 Malignant neoplasm of other and ill-defined sites in the lip, oral cavity and pharynx

Excludes1 - never coded here

malignant neoplasm of oral cavity NOS (C06.9)

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.

Neoplasm, neoplastic > throat
Neoplasm, neoplastic > retropharyngeal
Neoplasm, neoplastic > pharynx, pharyngeal
Neoplasm, neoplastic > pharynx, pharyngeal > wall
Neoplasm, neoplastic > pharynx, pharyngeal > region

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
C14.2	Malignant neoplasm of Waldeyer's ring	Valid
C14.8	Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of lip, oral cavity and pharynx	Valid