Skin, malignant melanoma
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Skin, malignant melanoma |
ICD10 code: | C43 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Skin Cancer |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | Any malignancy, including lymphoma and leukemia, except of skin |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | none |
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Additional Info
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'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)
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