Melanoma in situ

More specific codes

D03.0Melanoma in situ of lip D03.1Melanoma in situ of eyelid, including canthus D03.2Melanoma in situ of ear and external auricular canal D03.3Melanoma in situ of other and unspecified parts of face D03.4Melanoma in situ of scalp and neck D03.5Melanoma in situ of trunk D03.6Melanoma in situ of upper limb, including shoulder D03.7Melanoma in situ of lower limb, including hip D03.8Melanoma in situ of other sites D03.9Melanoma in situ, unspecified

Claims & coverage

When ICD-10-CM is required

For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.

Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.

Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗

First observed · 2015-10-01

Code history

No recorded change since first observation

ChangedUnchanged

FY2016

Effective from 2015-10-01

First observed

Melanoma in situ

Category — select a more specific code

CDC/NCHS · FY2016

All editions (19)

All editions	Effective from	Code history
FY2016	2015-10-01	First observed
FY2017	2016-10-01	No tabular change
FY2018	2017-10-01	No tabular change
FY2019	2018-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020	2019-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020 · April	2020-04-01	No tabular change
FY2021	2020-10-01	No tabular change
FY2021 · 01-01	2021-01-01	No tabular change
FY2022	2021-10-01	No tabular change
FY2022 · 04-01	2022-04-01	No tabular change
FY2023	2022-10-01	No tabular change
FY2023 · 04-01	2023-04-01	No tabular change
FY2024	2023-10-01	No tabular change
FY2024 · 04-01	2024-04-01	No tabular change
FY2025	2024-10-01	No tabular change
FY2025 · 04-01	2025-04-01	No tabular change
FY2026	2025-10-01	No tabular change
FY2026 · April	2026-04-01	No tabular change
FY2027	2026-10-01	No tabular change

Code-level instructions

The official Tabular List has no additional instructions at this code level.

Review the instructions inherited from its parent categories below. Inherited instructions ↓

Review the official coding guidelines ↗

Inherited instructions

Chapters 2 · Neoplasms (C00-D49)

Note

Functional activity
All neoplasms are classified in this chapter, whether they are functionally active or not. An additional code from Chapter 4 may be used, to identify functional activity associated with any neoplasm.
Morphology [Histology]
Chapter 2 classifies neoplasms primarily by site (topography), with broad groupings for behavior, malignant, in situ, benign, etc. The Table of Neoplasms should be used to identify the correct topography code. In a few cases, such as for malignant melanoma and certain neuroendocrine tumors, the morphology (histologic type) is included in the category and codes.
Primary malignant neoplasms overlapping site boundaries
A primary malignant neoplasm that overlaps two or more contiguous (next to each other) sites should be classified to the subcategory/code .8 ('overlapping lesion'), unless the combination is specifically indexed elsewhere. For multiple neoplasms of the same site that are not contiguous, such as tumors in different quadrants of the same breast, codes for each site should be assigned.
Malignant neoplasm of ectopic tissue
Malignant neoplasms of ectopic tissue are to be coded to the site mentioned, e.g., ectopic pancreatic malignant neoplasms are coded to pancreas, unspecified (C25.9).

D00-D09 · In situ neoplasms (D00-D09)

Includes

Bowen's disease
erythroplasia
grade III intraepithelial neoplasia
Queyrat's erythroplasia

More specific codes

D03.0Melanoma in situ of lipBillable / specific D03.1Melanoma in situ of eyelid, including canthusCategory · further specificity required D03.2Melanoma in situ of ear and external auricular canalCategory · further specificity required D03.3Melanoma in situ of other and unspecified parts of faceCategory · further specificity required D03.4Melanoma in situ of scalp and neckBillable / specific D03.5Melanoma in situ of trunkCategory · further specificity required D03.6Melanoma in situ of upper limb, including shoulderCategory · further specificity required D03.7Melanoma in situ of lower limb, including hipCategory · further specificity required D03.8Melanoma in situ of other sitesBillable / specific D03.9Melanoma in situ, unspecifiedBillable / specific