ICD-10-CM Code C43.39

Valid for Submission

C43.39 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of malignant melanoma of other parts of face. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code C43.39 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like malignant melanoma of chin, malignant melanoma of eye, malignant melanoma of forehead, malignant melanoma of retina, malignant melanoma of skin of cheek, malignant melanoma of skin of chin, etc

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code C43.39 are found in the index:

• - Melanoma (malignant) - C43.9
  • - skin - C43.9
    • - brow - C43.39
    • - cheek (external) - C43.39
    • - chin - C43.39
    • - eyebrow - C43.39
    • - face - C43.30
      • - specified NEC - C43.39
    • - forehead - C43.39
    • - glabella - C43.39
    • - jaw (external) - C43.39
    • - nasolabial groove - C43.39
    • - temple - C43.39

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Malignant melanoma of chin
• Malignant melanoma of eye
• Malignant melanoma of forehead
• Malignant melanoma of retina
• Malignant melanoma of skin of cheek
• Malignant melanoma of skin of chin
• Malignant melanoma of skin of eyebrow
• Malignant melanoma of skin of forehead
• Malignant melanoma of skin of temporal region
• Malignant melanoma of temple
• Malignant neoplasm of skin of cheek, external
• Malignant neoplasm of skin of temple
• Malignant tumor of retina
• Neoplasm of skin of chin
• Neoplasm of skin of eyebrow

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code C43.39 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2019 through 09/30/2020.

• 595 - MAJOR SKIN DISORDERS WITH MCC
• 596 - MAJOR SKIN DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC

Convert C43.39 to ICD-9

• 172.3 - Mal melanom face NEC/NOS (Approximate Flag)

Code Classification

• Neoplasms (C00–D48)
  • Melanoma and other malignant neoplasms of skin (C43-C44)
    • Malignant melanoma of skin (C43)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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