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ICD-10 diagnosis code

C49.0 Malignant neoplasm: Connective and soft tissue of head, face and neck

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C49.0 is the ICD-10 code for Malignant neoplasm: Connective and soft tissue of head, face and neck. It is a four-character subcategory of C49 (Malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block C45–C49 (Malignant neoplasms of mesothelial and soft tissue) in Chapter II, Neoplasms.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
II · C00–D48
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What C49.0 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Connective tissue of:
    • ear
    • eyelid

What C49.0 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

  • connective tissue of orbit C69.6

C49.0 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

C49.0Malign tumör i bindväv och mjukvävnad i huvudet, ansiktet och halsen

NorwayICD-10-NO

C49.0Ondartet svulst i bindevev eller bløtvev i hode, ansikt eller på hals

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DC490Kræft i bindevæv og bløddelsvæv i hoved, ansigt eller hals

  • DC490AKræft i bindevæv og bløddelsvæv i hovedet
  • DC490BKræft i bindevæv og bløddelsvæv i halsen
  • DC490CKræft i bindevæv og bløddelsvæv i ansigtet
FinlandICD-10-FI

C49.0Pään, kasvojen, kaulan tai niskan sidekudoksen tai muun pehmytkudoksen syöpä

GermanyICD-10-GM

C49.0Bindegewebe und andere Weichteilgewebe des Kopfes, des Gesichtes und des Halses

FranceICD-10-FR

C49.0Tissu conjonctif et autres tissus mous de la tête, de la face et du cou

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

C49.0bindweefsel en weke delen van hoofd en hals

United StatesICD-10-CM

C49.0Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of head, face and neck

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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