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FY2027

C75.4 — Malignant neoplasm of carotid body

BillableCC

Is C75.4 billable?

Yes — C75.4 is billable for FY2027. C75.4 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. C75.4 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

C75.4 at a glance

CodeC75.4
DescriptionMalignant neoplasm of carotid body
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does C75.4 group to?

C75.4 sits in MDC 01 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.

  • 054Nervous System Neoplasms with MCCmedical
  • 055Nervous System Neoplasms without MCCmedical

As a secondary diagnosis, C75.4 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.

How is C75.4 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to C75.4. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Paraganglioma › carotid body › malignant
  • Tumor › carotid body › malignant

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from C75

The conditions below can never be reported together with C75.4 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

  • malignant carcinoid tumors (C7A.0-)
  • malignant neoplasm of adrenal gland (C74.-)
  • malignant neoplasm of endocrine pancreas (C25.4)
  • malignant neoplasm of islets of Langerhans (C25.4)
  • malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56.-)
  • malignant neoplasm of testis (C62.-)
  • malignant neoplasm of thymus (C37)
  • malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland (C73)
  • malignant neuroendocrine tumors (C7A.-)

How long has C75.4 existed?

C75.4 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.

Which conditions are coded to C75.4?

What other codes are in the C75 family? (7)