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C44.19

Other specified malignant neoplasm of skin of 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.

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:

  • C44.191 Other specified malignant neoplasm of skin of unspecified eyelid, including canthus
  • C44.192 Other specified malignant neoplasm of skin of right eyelid, including canthus (also a header)
  • C44.199 Other specified malignant neoplasm of skin of left eyelid, including canthus (also a header)

Use instead:

  • C44.131 Sebaceous cell carcinoma of skin of unspecified eyelid, including canthus stated for FY2018
  • C44.1321 Sebaceous cell carcinoma of skin of right upper eyelid, including canthus stated for FY2018
  • C44.1322 Sebaceous cell carcinoma of skin of right lower eyelid, including canthus stated for FY2018
  • C44.1391 Sebaceous cell carcinoma of skin of left upper eyelid, including canthus stated for FY2018
  • C44.1392 Sebaceous cell carcinoma of skin of left lower eyelid, including canthus stated for FY2018

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 specified malignant neoplasm of skin of 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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
C44.10 Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of eyelid, including canthus Not billable
C44.11 Basal cell carcinoma of skin of eyelid, including canthus Not billable
C44.12 Squamous cell carcinoma of skin of eyelid, including canthus Not billable
C44.13 Sebaceous cell carcinoma of skin of eyelid, including canthus Not billable