ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C76-C80 › C79 Secondary malignant neoplasm of... › C79.2
Secondary malignant neoplasm of skin
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Secondary 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.
Inherited from C79 Secondary malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified sites
Excludes1 - never coded here
- secondary carcinoid tumors (C7B.-)
- secondary neuroendocrine tumors (C7B.-)
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.
- Melanosarcoma
- Nevocarcinoma
- Rhabdosarcoma
- Leiofibromyoma
- Melanoblastoma
- Myoma > uterus
- Cancer > breast
- Comedocarcinoma
- Melanocarcinoma
- Tumor > fibroid
- Mole > cancerous
- Melanoepithelioma
- Nevus > malignant
- Myofibroma > uterus
- Sarcoma > melanotic
- Nevus > blue > malignant
- Carcinoma > glycogen-rich
- Carcinoma > juvenile, breast
- Lentigo > maligna > melanoma
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > nasal
- Carcinoma > apocrine > breast
- Carcinoma > secretory, breast
- Tumor > phyllodes > malignant
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > labial
- Freckle > malignant melanoma in
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > perianal
- Melanosarcoma > epithelioid cell
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > milk duct
- Adenocarcinoma > apocrine > breast
- Cystosarcoma phyllodes > malignant
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > mammary gland
- Mole > malignant > meaning > melanoma
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > malar > region
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > mastectomy site
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > nose
- Carcinoma > duct > with Paget's disease
- Paget's disease > intraductal carcinoma
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > nose, nasal > ala
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > vermillion border
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > anus, anal > margin
Showing 40 of 189 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C79.0 | Secondary malignant neoplasm of kidney and renal pelvis | Not billable |
| C79.1 | Secondary malignant neoplasm of bladder and other and unspecified urinary organs | Not billable |
| C79.3 | Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain and cerebral meninges | Not billable |
| C79.4 | Secondary malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified parts of nervous system | Not billable |
| C79.5 | Secondary malignant neoplasm of bone and bone marrow | Not billable |
| C79.6 | Secondary malignant neoplasm of ovary | Not billable |
| C79.7 | Secondary malignant neoplasm of adrenal gland | Not billable |
| C79.8 | Secondary malignant neoplasm of other specified sites | Not billable |
| C79.9 | Secondary malignant neoplasm of unspecified site | Valid |