ICD-Code C43: Malignant melanoma of skin
- 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 Overlapping malignant melanoma of skin
- C43.9 Malignant melanoma of skin, unspecified
Note
This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Source
The explanations of ICD and OPS codes are provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).