Skin NOS, primary malignancy: Difference between revisions

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ICD10 Diagnosis
Dx:	Skin NOS, primary malignancy
ICD10 code:	C44
Pre-ICD10 counterpart:	none assigned
Charlson/ALERT Scale:	none
APACHE Como Component:	none
APACHE Acute Component:	none
Start Date:
Stop Date:
Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements):	No results
External ICD10 Documentation	ICD-10 CM Wikipedia ICD-10 Wikipedia WHO ICD10 documentation ICD10data.com

This diagnosis is a part of ICD10 collection.

Excludes:

Includes:

basal-cell skin cancer (BCC)
- Basal-cell cancer grows slowly and can damage the tissue around it but is unlikely to spread to distant areas or result in death. It often appears as a painless raised area of skin, that may be shiny with small blood vessel running over it or may present as a raised area with an ulcer.
squamous-cell skin cancer (SCC)
- Squamous-cell skin cancer is more likely to spread. It usually presents as a hard lump with a scaly top but may also form an ulcer.
- melanoma
a number of less common skin cancers, known as nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC)

Skin neoplasm codes:

Metastasis codes:

none found

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 == Related CCI Codes ==

Skin	Trauma	Renal/urinary	Infectious disease
ENT	Testing	Cardiovascular	Hereditary/congenital
Eye	Mechanism	Neoplastic	Heme/immunology
Misc	Reproductive	Gastrointestinal	Musculoskeletal/soft tissue
Psych	Respiratory	Poisoning
Neuro	Symptom/Sign	Endocrine disorder