Malignant melanoma of other and unspecified parts of face

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

C43.30 Malignant melanoma of unspecified part of face
C43.31 Malignant melanoma of nose
C43.39 Malignant melanoma of other parts of face

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Malignant melanoma of other and unspecified parts of face

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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
C43.0	Malignant melanoma of lip	Valid
C43.1	Malignant melanoma of eyelid, including canthus	Not billable
C43.2	Malignant melanoma of ear and external auricular canal	Not billable
C43.4	Malignant melanoma of scalp and neck	Valid
C43.5	Malignant melanoma of trunk	Not billable
C43.6	Malignant melanoma of upper limb, including shoulder	Not billable
C43.7	Malignant melanoma of lower limb, including hip	Not billable
C43.8	Malignant melanoma of overlapping sites of skin	Valid
C43.9	Malignant melanoma of skin, unspecified	Valid