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.
Risk adjustment
C44.72 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead C44.72
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C44.7. If C44.72 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about C44.72
- Is C44.72 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C44.72 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C44.72 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Melanoma and other malignant neoplasms of skin (C43-C44).