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Z86.006

Billable

Personal history of melanoma in-situ

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

What This Code Means

A patient who previously had an early-stage, non-invasive melanoma of the skin (melanoma in-situ) that was treated and is no longer active.

Coding Tips

  • In-situ melanoma has not invaded deeper skin layers; distinguish from invasive melanoma
  • These patients require ongoing skin surveillance and sun protection counseling

Excludes 2 — Not included here, may code separately

  • sites other than skin - code to personal history of in-situ neoplasm of the site

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