Sebaceous cell carcinoma of skin of unspecified eyelid, including canthus

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2019 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2019 to now.

FY2019 Added to the code set Sebaceous cell carcinoma of skin of unspecified eyelid, including canthus

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 C44 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin

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

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.

Neoplasm, neoplastic > lid > sebaceous cell
Neoplasm, neoplastic > eyelid > sebaceous cell
Neoplasm, neoplastic > canthus > sebaceous cell
Neoplasm, neoplastic > palpebra > sebaceous cell
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > lid > sebaceous cell
Neoplasm, neoplastic > meibomian gland > sebaceous cell
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > eyelid > sebaceous cell
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > canthus > sebaceous cell
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > palpebra > sebaceous cell

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
C44.132	Sebaceous cell carcinoma of skin of right eyelid, including canthus	Not billable
C44.139	Sebaceous cell carcinoma of skin of left eyelid, including canthus	Not billable