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C43, D03: Two Families Replace 172 for Melanoma

Published on Fri May 04, 2012

Watch for more specific site options, too.Don't slack off with your ICD-10 preparations just because the implementation delay gives you a little breather (see "Build 1 Extra Year into Your ICD-10 Change-Over Schedule" in this issue). You'll need to be ready for an important melanoma coding distinction once you're required to use the new code set starting Oct. 1, 2014.Code for SiteICD-9 provides one code family for melanoma of skin (excluding skin of genital organs or sites other than skin): 172.x (Malignant melanoma of skin). A fourth digit designates the melanoma site as follows:172.0 -- Lip172.1 -- Eyelid, including canthus172.3 -- Other and unspecified parts of face172.4 -- Scalp and neck172.5 -- Trunk, except scrotum172.6 -- Upper limb, including shoulder172.7 -- Lower limb, including hip172.8 -- Other specified sites of skin172.9 -- Site unspecified.ICD-10 provides similar site-specific codes in the family C43 (Malignant melanoma of skin). You'll have more site specificity with the new codes, however, because ICD-10 adds [...]
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