2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 172.9
Melanoma of skin site unspecified
- Short description: MALIG MELANOMA SKIN NOS.
- ICD-9-CM 172.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 172.9 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
- You are viewing the 2006 version of ICD-9-CM 172.9.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 172.9: 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
172.9 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM C43.9 Malignant melanoma of skin, unspecified
Or:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM D03.9 Melanoma in situ, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
- Acral lentiginous malignant melanoma of skin
- Amelanotic malignant melanoma of skin
- Amelanotic melanoma
- Arcolentiginous melanoma
- Carcinomatosis melanoma
- Desmoplastic malignant melanoma
- Desmoplastic melanoma
- Lentigo maligna melanoma
- Malignant melanoma of skin
- Malignant melanoma of unknown origin
- Melanoma
- Melanoma carcinomatosis
- Melanoma in situ
- Melanoma in situ by body site (clinical)
- Melanoma in situ by body site (disorder)
- Melanoma metastatic to bone
- Melanoma metastatic to kidney
- Melanoma metastatic to liver
- Melanoma metastatic to LN
- Melanoma metastatic to lung
- Melanoma metastatic to pancreas
- Melanoma metastatic to skin
- Melanoma metastatic to unspecified site
- Melanoma of skin
- Melanoma, carcinomatosis
- Melanoma, metastatic
- Melanoma, metastatic to bone
- Melanoma, metastatic to kidney
- Melanoma, metastatic to liver
- Melanoma, metastatic to lung
- Melanoma, metastatic to lymph node
- Melanoma, metastatic to pancreas
- Melanoma, metastatic to skin
- Melanoma, skin
- Melanoma, skin, acrolentiginous
- Melanoma, skin, amelanotic
- Melanoma, skin, desmoplastic
- Melanoma, skin, nodular
- Melanoma, skin, superficial spreading
- Melanoma, unknown primary
- Metastatic malignant melanoma
- Nodular malignant melanoma of skin
- Nodular melanoma
- Secondary malignant melanoma of bone
- Secondary malignant melanoma of kidney
- Secondary malignant melanoma of liver
- Secondary malignant melanoma of lung
- Secondary malignant melanoma of lymph node
- Secondary malignant melanoma of pancreas
- Secondary malignant melanoma of skin
- Superficial spreading malignant melanoma of skin
- Superficial spreading melanoma
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
172.9:
- Melanoma (malignant) (M8720/3) 172.9
- amelanotic (M8730/3) - see Melanoma, by site
- auditory canal (external) 172.2
- auricular canal (external) 172.2
- balloon cell (M8722/3) - see Melanoma, by site
- benign (M8720/0) - see Neoplasm, skin, benign
- breast (female) (male) 172.5
- epithelioid cell (M8771/3) - see also Melanoma, by site
- and spindle cell, mixed (M8775/3) - see Melanoma, by site
- external meatus (ear) 172.2
- eyelid (lower) (upper) 172.1
- female genital organ (external) NEC 184.4
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- giant pigmented nevus (M8761/3) - see Melanoma, by site
- Hutchinson's melanotic freckle (M8742/3) - see Melanoma, by site
- junctional nevus (M8740/3) - see Melanoma, by site
- precancerous melanosis (M8741/3) - see Melanoma, by site
- interscapular region 172.5
- juvenile (M8770/0) - see Neoplasm, skin, benign
- labium
- lip (lower) (upper) 172.0
- male genital organ (external) NEC 187.9
- meatus, acoustic (external) 172.2
- metastatic
- of or from specified site - see Melanoma, by site
- site not of skin - see Neoplasm, by site, malignant, secondary
- to specified site - see Neoplasm, by site, malignant, secondary
- unspecified site 172.9
- nail 172.9
- nodular (M8721/3) - see Melanoma, by site
- popliteal (fossa) (space) 172.7
- septum nasal (skin) 172.3
- spindle cell (M8772/3) - see also Melanoma, by site
- superficial spreading (M8743/3) - see Melanoma, by site