C44.5

The ICD-10-CM code for other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of trunk is C44.5. The full clinical description is "Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of trunk". C44.5 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code C44.5 represents “Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of trunk”. It is classified under Chapter 2: Neoplasms and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, C44.5 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 4 child codes under C44.5.

C44.5 is in Chapter 2: Neoplasms (codes C00-D49).

C44.5 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: Kaposi's sarcoma of skin (C46.0); malignant melanoma of skin (C43.-); malignant neoplasm of skin of genital organs (C51-C52, C60.-, C63.2); and 3 more.

C44.5 has 4 child codes, including: C44.50 (Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of trunk), C44.51 (Basal cell carcinoma of skin of trunk), C44.52 (Squamous cell carcinoma of skin of trunk), C44.59 (Other specified malignant neoplasm of skin of trunk).

C44.5 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C3263770. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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C44.5 maps to the ICD-11 code: 2C3Z (Malignant neoplasm of skin of unknown or unspecified type).