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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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Official Long Descriptor

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.-)

 
C44.2 Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal
Child Code
Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal
Child Code
Basal cell carcinoma of skin of ear and external auricular canal
Child Code
Squamous cell carcinoma of skin of ear and external auricular canal
Child Code
Other specified malignant neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal

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