ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › D10-D36 › D10 Benign neoplasm of mouth and pharynx › D10.4
D10.4
Benign neoplasm of tonsil
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 Benign neoplasm of tonsil
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 > tonsil
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > tonsil > palatine
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > tonsil > fauces, faucial
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > fauces, faucial NEC > tonsil
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| D10.0 | Benign neoplasm of lip | Valid |
| D10.1 | Benign neoplasm of tongue | Valid |
| D10.2 | Benign neoplasm of floor of mouth | Valid |
| D10.3 | Benign neoplasm of other and unspecified parts of mouth | Not billable |
| 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 |