ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C43-C44 › C43 Malignant melanoma of skin › C43.5
C43.5
Malignant melanoma of trunk
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 3 more specific codes instead:
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 trunk
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 |
| C43.3 | Malignant melanoma of other and unspecified parts of face | Not billable |
| C43.4 | Malignant melanoma of scalp and neck | Valid |
| 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 |