C43 Malignant melanoma of skin

Non-billable header with 10 child codes.

Excludes1 (never code together)

• melanoma in situ (D03.-)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• malignant melanoma of skin of genital organs (C51-C52, C60.-, C63.-)
• Merkel cell carcinoma (C4A.-)
• sites other than skin-code to malignant neoplasm of the site

Applies from C43 Malignant melanoma of skin

Excludes1 (never code together)

• melanoma in situ (D03.-)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• malignant melanoma of skin of genital organs (C51-C52, C60.-, C63.-)
• Merkel cell carcinoma (C4A.-)
• sites other than skin-code to malignant neoplasm of the site

Codes under C43

• C43.0 Malignant melanoma of lip
• C43.1 Malignant melanoma of eyelid, including canthus
• C43.2 Malignant melanoma of ear and external auricular canal
• C43.3 Malignant melanoma of other and unspecified parts of face
• C43.4 Malignant melanoma of scalp and neck
• C43.5 Malignant melanoma of trunk
• C43.6 Malignant melanoma of upper limb, including shoulder
• C43.7 Malignant melanoma of lower limb, including hip
• C43.8 Malignant melanoma of overlapping sites of skin
• C43.9 Malignant melanoma of skin, unspecified

Code annotations containing back-references to C43

Back-references to C43

• Type 1 Excludes: C44 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin ("malignant melanoma of skin (C43.-)")

Back-references to C43

• Type 1 Excludes: C44 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin ("malignant melanoma of skin (C43.-)")

Nearby codes

• C43 Malignant melanoma of skin (this code)
• C43.0 Malignant melanoma of lip
• C43.1 Malignant melanoma of eyelid, including canthus
• C43.10 Malignant melanoma of unspecified eyelid, including canthus
• C43.11 Malignant melanoma of right eyelid, including canthus
• C43.111 Malignant melanoma of right upper eyelid, including canthus