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C44.500

Billable

Unspecified malignant neoplasm of anal skin

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A malignant skin cancer of the anal area where the specific type (basal cell, squamous cell, or other) has not been determined or specified.

Coding Tips

  • •This is an unspecified code; use only when histological type is not documented
  • •If pathology results become available, update to a more specific code (C44.51x or C44.52x)

Code Hierarchy

└C44Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin└C44.5Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of trunk└C44.50Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of trunk└C44.500Unspecified malignant neoplasm of anal skin
└C44.500Unspecified malignant neoplasm of anal skin

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