Carcinoma in situ of lip, oral cavity and pharynx

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

D00.00 Carcinoma in situ of oral cavity, unspecified site
D00.01 Carcinoma in situ of labial mucosa and vermilion border
D00.02 Carcinoma in situ of buccal mucosa
D00.03 Carcinoma in situ of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge
D00.04 Carcinoma in situ of soft palate
D00.05 Carcinoma in situ of hard palate
D00.06 Carcinoma in situ of floor of mouth
D00.07 Carcinoma in situ of tongue
D00.08 Carcinoma in situ of pharynx

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Carcinoma in situ of lip, oral cavity and pharynx

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 D00 Carcinoma in situ of oral cavity, esophagus and stomach

Excludes1 - never coded here

melanoma in situ (D03.-)

Inherited from the D00-D09 section In situ neoplasms (D00-D09)

Includes

Bowen's disease
erythroplasia
grade III intraepithelial neoplasia
Queyrat's erythroplasia

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
D00.1	Carcinoma in situ of esophagus	Valid
D00.2	Carcinoma in situ of stomach	Valid