C44.629

The ICD-10-CM code for squamous cell carcinoma skin/ left upper limb, inc shoulder is C44.629. The full clinical description is "Squamous cell carcinoma of skin of left upper limb, including shoulder". C44.629 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.

ICD-10-CM code C44.629 represents “Squamous cell carcinoma of skin of left upper limb, including shoulder”. It is classified under Chapter 2: Neoplasms and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.

Yes, C44.629 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.

C44.629 is in Chapter 2: Neoplasms (codes C00-D49).

C44.629 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 1 more.

C44.629 maps to 24 SNOMED CT concepts: 15949341000119100, 403878007, 353871000119107, 354251000119100, 1081971000119109, and 19 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.

C44.629 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C3263798. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like squamous cell carcinoma skin/ left upper limb, inc shoulder affect a person's functioning: body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for C44.629 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.