C08.9 — Malignant neoplasm of major salivary gland, unspecified
C08.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for malignant neoplasm of major salivary gland, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Malignant neoplasm of salivary gland (major) NOS
Risk adjustment
C08.9 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 21 Lymphoma and Other Cancers0.671 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
C08.9 is named in 54 Medicare coverage policies — 54 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
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How C08.9 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to C08.9.
- Adenocarcinoma›basal cell›unspecified site
- Adenoma›pleomorphic›carcinoma in›unspecified site
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C08. If C08.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about C08.9
- Is C08.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. C08.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does C08.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14).