ICD-10-CM Code for Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal C44.2

ICD-10 code C44.2 for Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Malignant neoplasms .

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Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal
Excludes1: connective tissue of ear (C49.0)

C44

Includes: malignant neoplasm of sebaceous glands
malignant neoplasm of sweat glands

Excludes1: 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.-)

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