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C44.5

Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin 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.

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

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

  • C44.50 Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of trunk (also a header)
  • C44.51 Basal cell carcinoma of skin of trunk (also a header)
  • C44.52 Squamous cell carcinoma of skin of trunk (also a header)
  • C44.59 Other specified malignant neoplasm of skin of trunk (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 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 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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
C44.0 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of lip Not billable
C44.1 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of eyelid, including canthus Not billable
C44.2 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal Not billable
C44.3 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of other and unspecified parts of face Not billable
C44.4 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of scalp and neck Not billable
C44.6 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of upper limb, including shoulder Not billable
C44.7 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of lower limb, including hip Not billable
C44.8 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of overlapping sites of skin Not billable
C44.9 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin, unspecified Not billable