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C44

Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin

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 10 more specific codes instead:

  • C44.0 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of lip (also a header)
  • C44.1 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of eyelid, including canthus (also a header)
  • C44.2 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal (also a header)
  • C44.3 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of other and unspecified parts of face (also a header)
  • C44.4 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of scalp and neck (also a header)
  • C44.5 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of trunk (also a header)
  • C44.6 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of upper limb, including shoulder (also a header)
  • C44.7 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of lower limb, including hip (also a header)
  • C44.8 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of skin (also a header)
  • C44.9 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin, unspecified (also a header)

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • Kaposi's sarcoma of skin (C46.0)
  • malignant melanoma of skin (C43.-)
  • malignant neoplasm of skin of genital organs (C51-C52, C60.-, C63.2)
  • Merkel cell carcinoma (C4A.-)

Includes

  • malignant neoplasm of sebaceous glands
  • malignant neoplasm of sweat glands