172.2 - Malignant Melanoma Of Skin Of Ear And External Auditory Canal

The ICD 9 Code for Malignant melanoma of skin of ear and external auditory canal is listed as 172.2.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	172.2
Long Description:	Malignant melanoma of skin of ear and external auditory canal
Short Description:	Malig melanoma ear

Chapter:	Neoplasms
Block:	Malignant Neoplasm Of Bone, Connective Tissue, Skin, And Breast (170-176)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code:	C43.20 - Malignant melanoma of unspecified ear and external auricular canal (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code:	D03.20 - Melanoma in situ of unspecified ear and external auricular canal (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code:	D03.21 - Melanoma in situ of right ear and external auricular canal (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code:	D03.22 - Melanoma in situ of left ear and external auricular canal (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 172.2:
172.0 - Malignant melanoma of skin of lip
172.1 - Malignant melanoma of skin of eyelid, including canthus
172.3 - Malignant melanoma of skin of other and unspecified parts of face
172.4 - Malignant melanoma of skin of scalp and neck
172.5 - Malignant melanoma of skin of trunk, except scrotum
172.6 - Malignant melanoma of skin of upper limb, including shoulder
172.7 - Malignant melanoma of skin of lower limb, including hip
172.8 - Malignant melanoma of other specified sites of skin
172.9 - Melanoma of skin, site unspecified