C43.9 - Malignant melanoma of skin, unspecified

The ICD 10 Code for Malignant melanoma of skin, unspecified is listed as C43.9.
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:	C43.9
Description:	Malignant melanoma of skin, unspecified Malignant melanoma of unspecified site of skin Melanoma (malignant) NOS
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:	172.9 - Melanoma of skin, site unspecified (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of C43.9:
C43.0 - Malignant melanoma of lip
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