2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code C44

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Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin

  • C44 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
  • The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM C44 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of C44 – other international versions of ICD-10 C44 may differ.

Type 1 Excludes

  • Kaposi’s sarcoma of skin (C46.0)
  • malignant melanoma of skin (C43.-)
  • malignant neoplasm of skin of genital organs (C51-C52, C60.-, C63.2)
  • Merkel cell carcinoma (C4A.-)

Includes

  • malignant neoplasm of sebaceous glands
  • malignant neoplasm of sweat glands

The following code(s) above C44 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to C44:

Code History

  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to C44: