Quality Payment Program Measure · Medicare QPP 19 Codes
Melanoma Reporting ICD-10-CM
The quality measure Melanoma Reporting can apply to an encounter when one of 19 linked ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes appears on the claim. CMS designates it a high-priority measure, which MIPS scoring rewards. The full linked-code list is below, with billable status and each code's place in the tabular index.
✓ Built from CMS Quality Payment Program specificationsFY 2026 ICD-10-CM code set
19
Linked Codes
19
Billable
Yes
High Priority
FY 2026
Code Set
QPP
About This Measure
Pathology reports for primary malignant cutaneous melanoma that include the pT category, thickness, ulceration and mitotic rate, peripheral and deep margin status and presence or absence of microsatellitosis for invasive tumors.
Submission methods
Claims,registry
ICD-10-CM
Linked ICD-10-CM Codes 19 codes · 19 billable
19 of 19 shown
| Code | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| C43.0 | Malignant melanoma of lip | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.20 | Malignant melanoma of unspecified ear and external auricular canal | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.21 | Malignant melanoma of right ear and external auricular canal | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.22 | Malignant melanoma of left ear and external auricular canal | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.30 | Malignant melanoma of unspecified part of face | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.31 | Malignant melanoma of nose | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.39 | Malignant melanoma of other parts of face | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.4 | Malignant melanoma of scalp and neck | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.51 | Malignant melanoma of anal skin | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.52 | Malignant melanoma of skin of breast | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.59 | Malignant melanoma of other part of trunk | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.60 | Malignant melanoma of unspecified upper limb, including shoulder | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.61 | Malignant melanoma of right upper limb, including shoulder | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.62 | Malignant melanoma of left upper limb, including shoulder | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.70 | Malignant melanoma of unspecified lower limb, including hip | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.71 | Malignant melanoma of right lower limb, including hip | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.72 | Malignant melanoma of left lower limb, including hip | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.8 | Malignant melanoma of overlapping sites of skin | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
| C43.9 | Malignant melanoma of skin, unspecified | Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) |
Related References
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Quality Payment Program measure specifications, with linked codes validated against the official FY 2026 ICD-10-CM code set.
