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Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 172.4
Malignant melanoma of skin of scalp and neck
  • Short description: Mal melanoma scalp/neck.
  • ICD-9-CM 172.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 172.4 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 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 172.4.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 172.4: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 172.4 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM C43.4 Malignant melanoma of scalp and neck
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM D03.4 Melanoma in situ of scalp and neck
Approximate Synonyms
  • Malignant melanoma of skin of neck
  • Malignant melanoma of skin of scalp
  • Melanoma, skin of neck
  • Melanoma, skin of scalp
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 172.4:
  • Melanoma (malignant) (M8720/3) 172.9
    • neck 172.4
    • scalp 172.4
 172.3 ICD9Data.com 172.5 
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