Specific code 2011 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 170.0
Malignant neoplasm of bones of skull and face except mandible
  • Short description: Mal neo skull/face bone.
  • ICD-9-CM 170.0 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 170.0 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2011 version of ICD-9-CM 170.0.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 170.0: 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 170.0 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM C41.0 Malignant neoplasm of bones of skull and face
Approximate Synonyms
  • Bone cancer of skull and face
  • Bone cancer, face
  • Bone cancer, head, except mandible and inferior maxilla
  • Bone cancer, skull clivus, chordoma
  • Ca bone, face, not mandible, chordoma
  • Ca bone, skull, not mandible, chordoma
  • Cancer of the bone, face
  • Carcinoma bone of skull and face, chordoma
  • Carcinoma bone, skull, chordoma
  • Chordoma of clivus
  • Chordoma of face
  • Chordoma of face, except mandible
  • Chordoma of head, except mandible and inferior maxilla
  • Chordoma of skull
  • Chordoma, clivus
  • Chordoma, face
  • Chordoma, face, except mandible
  • Chordoma, head, except mandible and inferior maxilla
  • Chordoma, skull
  • Chordoma, skull, except mandible
  • Malignant neoplasm of bones of skull and face
  • Malignant neoplasm of malar bone
  • Malignant neoplasm of orbital bone
  • Malignant tumor of inferior turbinate
  • Malignant tumor of middle turbinate
  • Malignant tumor of nasal skeleton
  • Primary chordoma of skull, except mandible
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of bone of face
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of bone of head, except mandible and inferior maxilla
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of bone of skull
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of ethmoid bone
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of frontal bone
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of maxilla
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of nasal bone
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of occipital bone
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of palatine bone
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of parietal bone
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of sphenoid bone
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of temporal bone
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of vomer
  • Primary malignant neoplasm of zygomatic bone
170.0 Excludes
  • carcinoma, any type except intraosseous or odontogenic:
    • maxilla, maxillary (sinus) (160.2)
    • upper jaw bone (143.0)
    • jaw bone (lower) (170.1)
Applies To
  • Bone:
    • ethmoid
    • frontal
    • malar
    • nasal
    • occipital
    • orbital
    • parietal
    • sphenoid
    • temporal
    • zygomatic
  • Maxilla (superior)
  • Turbinate
  • Upper jaw bone
  • Vomer
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 170.0:
  • Ameloblastoma (M9310/0) 213.1
    • malignant (M9310/3) 170.1
      • jaw (bone) (lower) 170.1
        • upper 170.0
  • Carcinoma (M8010/3) - see also Neoplasm, by site, malignant
    • intraosseous (M9270/3) 170.1
      • upper jaw (bone) 170.0
    • odontogenic (M9270/3) 170.1
      • upper jaw (bone) 170.0
  • Fibrosarcoma (M8810/3) - see also Neoplasm, connective tissue, malignant
    • ameloblastic (M9330/3) 170.1
      • upper jaw (bone) 170.0
    • odontogenic (M9330/3) 170.1
      • upper jaw (bone) 170.0
  • Odontosarcoma, ameloblastic (M9290/3) 170.1
    • upper jaw (bone) 170.0
  • Sarcoma (M8800/3) - see also Neoplasm, connective tissue, malignant
    • ameloblastic (M9330/3) 170.1
      • upper jaw (bone) 170.0
    • odontogenic (M9270/3) 170.1
      • upper jaw (bone) 170.0
  • Tumor (M8000/1) - see also Neoplasm, by site, unspecified nature
    • odontogenic (M9270/1) 238.0
      • adenomatoid (M9300/0) 213.1
      • benign (M9270/0) 213.1
      • calcifying epithelial (M9340/0) 213.1
      • malignant (M9270/3) 170.1
        • upper jaw (bone) 170.0
      • squamous (M9312/0) 213.1
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