C43Non-billable (header)
Malignant melanoma of skin
✗ Excludes 1(Not coded here)
- •melanoma in situ (D03.-)
⚠ Excludes 2(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
Code Hierarchy
┌2Neoplasms (C00-D49)├C43-C44Melanoma and other malignant neoplasms of skin (C43-C44)├C43Malignant melanoma of skin
└C43Malignant melanoma of skin
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