C49.0
ICD-10BillableMalig neoplm of conn and soft tissue of head, face and neck
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of head, face and neck
C49.0 is valid for submission on a claim — CMS flags it as a billable, specific code.
Inclusion terms
- Malignant neoplasm of connective tissue of ear
- Malignant neoplasm of connective tissue of eyelid
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- connective tissue of orbit (C69.6-)
Related codes in C49
- C49.1Malig neoplm of conn and soft tiss of upper limb, inc shldrcategory
- C49.2Malig neoplm of conn and soft tissue of lower limb, inc hipcategory
- C49.3Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of thorax
- C49.4Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of abdomen
- C49.5Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of pelvis
- C49.6Malignant neoplasm of conn and soft tissue of trunk, unsp
- C49.8Malignant neoplasm of ovrlp sites of conn and soft tissue
- C49.9Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue, unsp
- C49.AGastrointestinal stromal tumorcategory
Where this code sits
- Chapter
- 2. Neoplasms (C00-D49)
- Parent code
- C49
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.