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ICD-10-CM Code for Merkel cell carcinoma of unspecified ear and external auricular canal C4A.20

ICD-10 code C4A.20 for Merkel cell carcinoma of unspecified ear and external auricular canal is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Malignant neoplasms .

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Merkel cell carcinoma of unspecified ear and external auricular canal

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