C02: Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified parts of tongue

Codes under C02 (Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified parts of tongue). A ✓ marks a billable (fully specified) code; category codes without a ✓ are not billable on their own.

Code	Description	Billable
C02.0	Malignant neoplasm of dorsal surface of tongue	✓
C02.1	Malignant neoplasm of border of tongue	✓
C02.2	Malignant neoplasm of ventral surface of tongue	✓
C02.3	Malignant neoplasm of anterior two-thirds of tongue, part unspecified	✓
C02.4	Malignant neoplasm of lingual tonsil	✓
C02.8	Malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of tongue	✓
C02.9	Malignant neoplasm of tongue, unspecified	✓

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