ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C43-C44 › C43.1 Malignant melanoma of eyelid,... › C43.11
Malignant melanoma of right eyelid, including canthus
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Malignant melanoma of right eyelid, including canthus
- FY2019 Stopped being billable
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from C43 Malignant melanoma of skin
Excludes1 - never coded here
- melanoma in situ (D03.-)
Excludes2 - not included here
- malignant melanoma of skin of genital organs (C51-C52, C60.-, C63.-)
- Merkel cell carcinoma (C4A.-)
- sites other than skin-code to malignant neoplasm of the site
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Melanosarcoma
- Nevocarcinoma
- Melanoblastoma
- Melanocarcinoma
- Mole > cancerous
- Melanoepithelioma
- Nevus > malignant
- Melanoma > nodular
- Sarcoma > melanotic
- Melanoma > amelanotic
- Melanoma > balloon cell
- Nevus > blue > malignant
- Melanoma > epithelioid cell
- Lentigo > maligna > melanoma
- Freckle > malignant melanoma in
- Melanoma > in > junctional nevus
- Melanoma > regressing, malignant
- Melanoma > superficial spreading
- Melanosarcoma > epithelioid cell
- Melanoma > neurotropic, malignant
- Melanoma > desmoplastic, malignant
- Melanoma > in > giant pigmented nevus
- Mole > malignant > meaning > melanoma
- Melanoma > in > precancerous melanosis
- Melanoma > acral lentiginous, malignant
- Melanoma > in > Hutchinson's melanotic freckle
- Melanosis > precancerous > malignant melanoma in
- Melanoma > spindle cell > with epithelioid, mixed
- Nevus > pigmented > giant > malignant melanoma in
- Melanoma > epithelioid cell > with spindle cell, mixed
- Hutchinson's > melanotic freckle > malignant melanoma in
- Melanoma > skin > eyelid
- Melanoma > skin > canthus
- Melanoma > skin > palpebra
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C43.10 | Malignant melanoma of unspecified eyelid, including canthus | Valid |
| C43.12 | Malignant melanoma of left eyelid, including canthus | Not billable |