C44.520
C44.520: Squamous cell carcinoma of anal skin
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
C44.520 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for squamous cell carcinoma of anal skin. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check C44.520 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Squamous cell carcinoma of anal margin
- Squamous cell carcinoma of perianal skin
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C44.520
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on C44.5: Other and unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of trunk
Other codes that can never be billed with C44.520
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- C76Malignant neoplasm of other and ill-defined sites
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
C44.520 is named in 76 Medicare coverage policies: 72 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 4 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A59380Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Biomarker Testing for Risk Stratification of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinomanot covered
- A59382Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Biomarker Testing for Risk Stratification of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinomanot covered
- A59386Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Biomarker Testing for Risk Stratification of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinomanot covered
- A59429Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Biomarker Testing for Risk Stratification of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinomanot covered
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.