C43.0 - Malignant melanoma of lip

The ICD 10 Code for Malignant melanoma of lip is listed as C43.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	C43.0
Description:	Malignant melanoma of lip Excludes1: malignant neoplasm of vermilion border of lip (C00.0-C00.2)
Diagnostic Related Groups (MS-DRG v30.0)	595 - Major Skin Disorders W Mcc 596 - Major Skin Disorders W/o Mcc

Chapter	Neoplasms (C00-D49)
Block	Melanoma and other malignant neoplasms of skin (C43-C44)
Parent	C43 - Malignant melanoma of skin
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code:	172.0 - Malignant melanoma of skin of lip (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of C43.0:
C43.1 - Malignant melanoma of eyelid, including canthus
C43.2 - Malignant melanoma of ear and external auricular canal
C43.3 - Malignant melanoma of other and unspecified parts of face
C43.4 - Malignant melanoma of scalp and neck
C43.5 - Malignant melanoma of trunk
C43.6 - Malignant melanoma of upper limb, including shoulder
C43.7 - Malignant melanoma of lower limb, including hip
C43.8 - Malignant melanoma of overlapping sites of skin
C43.9 - Malignant melanoma of skin, unspecified