2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code C49.0

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Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue of head, face and neck

  • C49.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • Short description: Malig neoplm of conn and soft tissue of head, face and neck
  • The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM C49.0 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of C49.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 C49.0 may differ.

Applicable To

  • Malignant neoplasm of connective tissue of ear
  • Malignant neoplasm of connective tissue of eyelid

Type 1 Excludes

  • connective tissue of orbit (C69.6-)

The following code(s) above C49.0 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to C49.0:

  • C00-D49  Neoplasms
  • C49  Malignant neoplasm of other connective and soft tissue

Approximate Synonyms

  • Angiosarcoma, face
  • Angiosarcoma, head
  • Angiosarcoma, neck
  • Atypical fibroxanthoma of skin of neck
  • Atypical fibroxanthoma of skin of scalp
  • Cancer of the blood vessel, face
  • Cancer of the blood vessel, head
  • Cancer of the blood vessel, neck
  • Cancer of the muscle, face
  • Cancer of the muscle, head
  • Cancer of the muscle, neck
  • Cancer of the soft tissue, face
  • Cancer of the soft tissue, head
  • Cancer of the soft tissue, neck
  • Cancer of the tongue, sarcoma
  • Fibroxanthoma of neck, atypical
  • Fibroxanthoma of scalp, atypical
  • Leiomyosarcoma, face
  • Leiomyosarcoma, head
  • Leiomyosarcoma, neck
  • Liposarcoma, face
  • Liposarcoma, head
  • Liposarcoma, neck
  • Malignant fibrous histiocytoma, face
  • Malignant fibrous histiocytoma, head
  • Malignant fibrous histiocytoma, neck
  • Primary angiosarcoma of face
  • Primary angiosarcoma of head
  • Primary angiosarcoma of neck
  • Primary leiomyosarcoma of face
  • Primary leiomyosarcoma of head
  • Primary leiomyosarcoma of neck
  • Primary liposarcoma of face
  • Primary liposarcoma of head
  • Primary liposarcoma of neck
  • Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of face
  • Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of head
  • Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of neck
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of blood vessel of face
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of blood vessel of head
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of blood vessel of neck
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of muscle of face
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of muscle of head
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of muscle of neck
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of soft tissues of face
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of soft tissues of head
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of soft tissues of neck
  • Primary rhabdomyosarcoma of face
  • Primary rhabdomyosarcoma of head
  • Primary rhabdomyosarcoma of neck
  • Primary sarcoma of tongue
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, face
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, head
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, neck
  • Sarcoma of face
  • Sarcoma of head
  • Sarcoma of neck
  • Sarcoma, face
  • Sarcoma, head
  • Sarcoma, neck

ICD-10-CM C49.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):

  • 542 Pathological fractures and musculoskeletal and connective tissue malignancy with mcc
  • 543 Pathological fractures and musculoskeletal and connective tissue malignancy with cc
  • 544 Pathological fractures and musculoskeletal and connective tissue malignancy without cc/mcc

Convert C49.0 to ICD-9-CMCode History

  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to C49.0: