ICD-10-CM Code C44.6
Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of upper limb, including shoulder
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code C44.6 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of C44.6 that describes the diagnosis 'oth and unsp malig neoplasm skin/ upper limb, inc shoulder' in more detail.
- C44.6 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of upper limb, including shoulder NON-BILLABLE
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- C44.691 Other specified malignant neoplasm of skin of unspecified upper limb, including shoulder BILLABLE
- C44.692 Other specified malignant neoplasm of skin of right upper limb, including shoulder BILLABLE
- C44.699 Other specified malignant neoplasm of skin of left upper limb, including shoulder BILLABLE
The ICD code C44 is used to code Merkel-cell carcinoma
Merkel-cell carcinoma is a rare and highly aggressive skin cancer, which, in most cases, is caused by the Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV) discovered by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh in 2008. It is also known as cutaneous APUDoma, primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin, primary small cell carcinoma of the skin, and trabecular carcinoma of the skin.
Specialty: | Oncology |
MeSH Codes: | D015266, D015266, D015266, D015266, D015266, D015266 |
ICD 9 Codes: | 209.31, 209.32, 209.33, 209.34, 209.35, 209.36 |
Micrograph of a Merkel-cell carcinoma. H&E stain.
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Primary malignant neoplasm of skin of shoulder (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for morphology code
Parent Code: C44 - Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin