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C44.501

Billable

Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of breast

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 breast area where the specific type (basal cell, squamous cell, or other) has not been determined or specified.

Coding Tips

  • •Confirm the malignancy is of the skin of the breast, not breast tissue itself
  • •Update to a more specific code once histological type is determined

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└C44.501Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of breast
└C44.501Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of breast

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