C44.2

C44.2: Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMunspecified

C44.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

connective tissue of ear (C49.0)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C44.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on C44: Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin

Kaposi's sarcoma of skin (C46.0)
malignant melanoma of skin (C43.-)
malignant neoplasm of skin of genital organs (C51-C52, C60.-, C63.2)
Merkel cell carcinoma (C4A.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with C44.2

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

C30.1Malignant neoplasm of middle ear
C76Malignant neoplasm of other and ill-defined sites

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead C44.2

4 child codes. Green means billable.