Malignant neoplasm of major salivary gland, unspecified
Billable / specificHCC V28 21
C08.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Malignant neoplasm of salivary gland (major) NOS
Includes (from C08)
- malignant neoplasm of salivary ducts
- Note: Functional activity
- Note: All neoplasms are classified in this chapter, whether they are functionally active or not. An additional code from Chapter 4 may be used, to identify functional activity associated with any neoplasm.
- Note: Morphology [Histology]
- Note: Chapter 2 classifies neoplasms primarily by site (topography), with broad groupings for behavior, malignant, in situ, benign, etc. The Table of Neoplasms should be used to identify the correct topography code. In a few cases, such as for malignant melanoma and certain neuroendocrine tumors, the morphology (histologic type) is included in the category and codes.
- Note: Primary malignant neoplasms overlapping site boundaries
- Note: A primary malignant neoplasm that overlaps two or more contiguous (next to each other) sites should be classified to the subcategory/code .8 ('overlapping lesion'), unless the combination is specifically indexed elsewhere. For multiple neoplasms of the same site that are not contiguous, such as tumors in different quadrants of the same breast, codes for each site should be assigned.
- Note: Malignant neoplasm of ectopic tissue
- Note: Malignant neoplasms of ectopic tissue are to be coded to the site mentioned, e.g., ectopic pancreatic malignant neoplasms are coded to pancreas, unspecified (C25.9).
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- malignant neoplasms of specified minor salivary glands which are classified according to their anatomical location (from C08)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code to identify: (from C08)
- alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-) (from C08)
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from C08)
- exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from C08)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from C08)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from C08)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from C08)
- tobacco use (Z72.0) (from C08)
Also known as
- Malignant neoplasm of salivary gland (major) NOS
- Adenocarcinoma, basal cell, unspecified site
- Adenoma, pleomorphic, carcinoma in, unspecified site
Parent code
- C08Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified major salivary glandsHeader