Other specified malignant neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal
- C44.29 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- Short description: Oth malignant neoplasm skin/ ear and external auric canal
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM C44.29 became effective on October 1, 2023.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of C44.29 – other international versions of ICD-10 C44.29 may differ.
The following code(s) above C44.29 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to C44.29:
- C00-D49 Neoplasms
- C44 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin
- C44.2 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal
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
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to C44.29:
- Adenocarcinoma – see also Neoplasm, malignant, by site
- ceruminous C44.29-
- Carcinoma (malignant) – see also Neoplasm, by site, malignant
- ceruminous C44.29-