DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

C05 Malignant neoplasm of palate

  • Header · not billable

C05 is not billable. The category heads 5 billable codes in FY2027: the 5 codes directly below it.

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 2 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
  2. C00-C14 Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14)
  3. C05 Malignant neoplasm of palate
Billable codes
5
Subdivisions
5
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
5
New FY2027
0
Index entries
0

Codes in C05

  1. C05.0
    Malignant neoplasm of hard palate
    Billable21
  2. C05.1
    Malignant neoplasm of soft palate
    Billable21
    Excludes2 1

    Excludes2

    • malignant neoplasm of nasopharyngeal surface of soft palate (C11.3) C11.3
  3. C05.2
    Malignant neoplasm of uvula
    Billable21
  4. C05.8
    Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of palate
    Billable21
  5. C05.9
    Malignant neoplasm of palate, unspecified
    Billable21
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Malignant neoplasm of roof of mouth

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At C05

Excludes1

  • Kaposi's sarcoma of palate (C46.2) C46.2

Use additional code

  • code to identify:
  • alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-) F10
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) Z87.891
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-) F17
  • tobacco use (Z72.0) Z72.0

Notes that also apply

Chapter 2 instructions (Notes 8): printed on the chapter 2 page.

Hierarchy