ICD-10-CM · Chapter 2 · C00–D49
C44.209
Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of left ear and external auricular canal
Neoplasms
Quick facts
- Code
- C44.209
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 2 — Neoplasms
- Category
- C44 — Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin
- Specificity
- 6 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM C44.209 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of left ear and external auricular canal. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in C44
- C44Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin
- C44.0Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of lip
- C44.00Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of lip
- C44.01Basal cell carcinoma of skin of lip
- C44.02Squamous cell carcinoma of skin of lip
- C44.09Other specified malignant neoplasm of skin of lip
- C44.1Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of eyelid, including canthus
- C44.10Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of eyelid, including canthus
- C44.101Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of unspecified eyelid, including canthus
- C44.102Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of right eyelid, including canthus
- C44.1021Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of right upper eyelid, including canthus
- C44.1022Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of right lower eyelid, including canthus
- C44.109Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of left eyelid, including canthus
- C44.1091Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of left upper eyelid, including canthus
- C44.1092Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of left lower eyelid, including canthus
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