C44.61
C44.61: Basal cell carcinoma of skin of upper limb, including shoulder
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C44.61 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for basal cell carcinoma of skin of upper limb, including shoulder. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C44.61
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Other codes that can never be billed with C44.61
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.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead C44.61
3 child codes. Green means billable.