Skin NOS, primary malignancy
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Skin NOS, primary malignancy |
| ICD10 code: | C44 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Skin Cancer |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
| APACHE Como Component: | none |
| APACHE Acute Component: | none |
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| Stop Date: | |
| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | No results |
| External ICD10 Documentation | |
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Additional Info
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)
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