Carcinoma in situ of skin of lower limb, including hip

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:

D04.70 Carcinoma in situ of skin of unspecified lower limb, including hip
D04.71 Carcinoma in situ of skin of right lower limb, including hip
D04.72 Carcinoma in situ of skin of left lower limb, including hip

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Carcinoma in situ of skin of lower limb, including hip

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 D04 Carcinoma in situ of skin

Excludes1 - never coded here

erythroplasia of Queyrat (penis) NOS (D07.4)
melanoma in situ (D03.-)

Inherited from the D00-D09 section In situ neoplasms (D00-D09)

Includes

Bowen's disease
erythroplasia
grade III intraepithelial neoplasia
Queyrat's erythroplasia

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 > calf
Neoplasm, neoplastic > hip NEC
Neoplasm, neoplastic > leg NEC
Neoplasm, neoplastic > toe NEC
Neoplasm, neoplastic > foot NEC
Neoplasm, neoplastic > heel NEC
Neoplasm, neoplastic > knee NEC
Neoplasm, neoplastic > ankle NEC
Neoplasm, neoplastic > thigh NEC
Neoplasm, neoplastic > nail > toe
Neoplasm, neoplastic > limb > lower
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > hip
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > leg
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > toe
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > calf
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > foot
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > heel
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > knee
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > sole
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > ankle
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > thigh
Neoplasm, neoplastic > extremity > lower
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > plantar
Neoplasm, neoplastic > popliteal fossa or space
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > limb NEC > lower
Neoplasm, neoplastic > skin NOS > popliteal fossa or space

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
D04.0	Carcinoma in situ of skin of lip	Valid
D04.1	Carcinoma in situ of skin of eyelid, including canthus	Not billable
D04.2	Carcinoma in situ of skin of ear and external auricular canal	Not billable
D04.3	Carcinoma in situ of skin of other and unspecified parts of face	Not billable
D04.4	Carcinoma in situ of skin of scalp and neck	Valid
D04.5	Carcinoma in situ of skin of trunk	Valid
D04.6	Carcinoma in situ of skin of upper limb, including shoulder	Not billable
D04.8	Carcinoma in situ of skin of other sites	Valid
D04.9	Carcinoma in situ of skin, unspecified	Valid