C44.72
C44.72: Squamous cell carcinoma of skin of lower limb, including hip
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C44.72 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for squamous cell carcinoma of skin of lower limb, including hip. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C44.72
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Other codes that can never be billed with C44.72
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 C44.72
3 child codes. Green means billable.