172.6 - Malignant Melanoma Of Skin Of Upper Limb, Including Shoulder
The ICD 9 Code for Malignant melanoma of skin of upper limb, including shoulder is listed as 172.6.
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: | 172.6 |
| Long Description: | Malignant melanoma of skin of upper limb, including shoulder |
| Short Description: | Malig melanoma arm |
| Chapter: | Neoplasms |
| Block: | Malignant Neoplasm Of Bone, Connective Tissue, Skin, And Breast (170-176) |
| Related Descriptions: |
Malignant melanoma of finger
Malignant melanoma of fore-arm Malignant melanoma of hand Malignant melanoma of shoulder Malignant melanoma of skin of elbow Malignant melanoma of skin of finger Malignant melanoma of skin of forearm Malignant melanoma of skin of hand Malignant melanoma of skin of shoulder Malignant melanoma of skin of upper arm Malignant melanoma of skin of upper limb Malignant melanoma of skin of wrist Malignant melanoma of thumb Malignant melanoma of upper arm Melanoma in situ of shoulder Melanoma in situ of upper limb |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | C43.60 - Malignant melanoma of unspecified upper limb, including shoulder (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | D03.60 - Melanoma in situ of unspecified upper limb, including shoulder (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | D03.61 - Melanoma in situ of right upper limb, including shoulder (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | D03.62 - Melanoma in situ of left upper limb, including shoulder (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 172.6: | |
| 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 | |
| 172.4 - Malignant melanoma of skin of scalp and neck | |
| 172.5 - Malignant melanoma of skin of trunk, except scrotum | |
| 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 | |