ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C76-C80 › C76 Malignant neoplasm of other and... › C76.0
Malignant neoplasm of head, face and neck
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 head, face and neck
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 C76 Malignant neoplasm of other and ill-defined sites
Excludes1 - never coded here
- malignant neoplasm of female genitourinary tract NOS (C57.9)
- malignant neoplasm of male genitourinary tract NOS (C63.9)
- malignant neoplasm of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96)
- malignant neoplasm of skin (C44.-)
- malignant neoplasm of unspecified site NOS (C80.1)
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 > nasal
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > malar > region
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > jaw
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > cheek
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > face NEC
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > head NEC
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > neck NEC
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > submental
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > nose, nasal
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > parasagittal
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > peritonsillar
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > retro-orbital
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > cervical region
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > jaw > carcinoma
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > temporal > region
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > supraclavicular region
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C76.1 | Malignant neoplasm of thorax | Valid |
| C76.2 | Malignant neoplasm of abdomen | Valid |
| C76.3 | Malignant neoplasm of pelvis | Valid |
| C76.4 | Malignant neoplasm of upper limb | Not billable |
| C76.5 | Malignant neoplasm of lower limb | Not billable |
| C76.8 | Malignant neoplasm of other specified ill-defined sites | Valid |