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D10.1

Benign neoplasm of tongue

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 Benign neoplasm of tongue

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
D10.0 Benign neoplasm of lip Valid
D10.2 Benign neoplasm of floor of mouth Valid
D10.3 Benign neoplasm of other and unspecified parts of mouth Not billable
D10.4 Benign neoplasm of tonsil Valid
D10.5 Benign neoplasm of other parts of oropharynx Valid
D10.6 Benign neoplasm of nasopharynx Valid
D10.7 Benign neoplasm of hypopharynx Valid
D10.9 Benign neoplasm of pharynx, unspecified Valid