172.4 - Malignant Melanoma Of Skin Of Scalp And Neck

The ICD 9 Code for Malignant melanoma of skin of scalp and neck is listed as 172.4.
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:	172.4
Long Description:	Malignant melanoma of skin of scalp and neck
Short Description:	Mal melanoma scalp/neck

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:	C43.4 - Malignant melanoma of scalp and neck (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code:	D03.4 - Melanoma in situ of scalp and neck (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 172.4:
172.0 - Malignant melanoma of skin of lip
172.1 - Malignant melanoma of skin of eyelid, including canthus
172.2 - Malignant melanoma of skin of ear and external auditory canal
172.3 - Malignant melanoma of skin of other and unspecified parts of face
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