Z86.006

Z86.006: Personal history of melanoma in-situ

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Z86.006 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for personal history of melanoma in-situ. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Z86.006 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

sites other than skin - code to personal history of in-situ neoplasm of the site

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Conditions classifiable to D03

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z86.006

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Z86.0: Personal history of in-situ and benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain behavior

personal history of malignant neoplasms (Z85.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Z86.006 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56346Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign and Malignant Skin Lesions
A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

History›personal›in situ neoplasm›melanoma
History›personal›melanoma›in situ
History›personal›neoplasm›in situ›melanoma

The condition this code belongs to

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Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.