C43.2
Header — not billableMalignant melanoma of ear and external auricular canal
The ICD-10 code for malignant melanoma of ear and external auricular canal is C43.2.
C43.2 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- C43.0Malignant melanoma of lip
- C43.1Malignant melanoma of eyelid, including canthusnon-billable header
- C43.3Malignant melanoma of other and unspecified parts of facenon-billable header
- C43.4Malignant melanoma of scalp and neck
- C43.5Malignant melanoma of trunknon-billable header
- C43.6Malignant melanoma of upper limb, including shouldernon-billable header
- C43.7Malignant melanoma of lower limb, including hipnon-billable header
- C43.8Malignant melanoma of overlapping sites of skin
- C43.9Malignant melanoma of skin, unspecified
- C43.2Malignant melanoma of ear and external auricular canalnon-billable header