D10.1Tongue
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
May be used as the primary diagnosis
Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Complete code in the classification
Use when the diagnosis matches and no exclusion applies.
- Chapter II
- Neoplasms
- Group D10-D36
- Benign neoplasms
- Official Vietnamese name
- U lành ở lưỡi
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Lingual tonsil
Related D10 codes
D10
Benign neoplasm of mouth and pharynx
D10.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Lip
D10.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Floor of mouth
D10.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other and unspecified parts of mouth
D10.4
Primary diagnosis candidate
Tonsil
D10.5
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other parts of oropharynx
D10.6
Primary diagnosis candidate
Nasopharynx
D10.7
Primary diagnosis candidate
Hypopharynx
D10.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Pharynx, unspecified
Clinical record checklist
View coding guide →- Confirm that the code matches the final documented diagnosis.
- Use one primary-diagnosis code and record only relevant additional conditions.
- Review Ministry indicators, inclusions, exclusions and notes.
- Do not infer a diagnosis beyond the clinical record.
2026 regulatory basis
Indicators are taken from columns 24–29 of the classification accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT, cross-referenced with Decision 1849/QĐ-BYT and Official Dispatch 4059/BYT-BH.