D04.2
Header — not billableCarcinoma in situ of skin of ear and external auricular canal
The ICD-10 code for carcinoma in situ of skin of ear and external auricular canal is D04.2.
D04.2 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
- D04.0Carcinoma in situ of skin of lip
- D04.1Carcinoma in situ of skin of eyelid, including canthusnon-billable header
- D04.3Carcinoma in situ of skin of other and unspecified parts of facenon-billable header
- D04.4Carcinoma in situ of skin of scalp and neck
- D04.5Carcinoma in situ of skin of trunk
- D04.6Carcinoma in situ of skin of upper limb, including shouldernon-billable header
- D04.7Carcinoma in situ of skin of lower limb, including hipnon-billable header
- D04.8Carcinoma in situ of skin of other sites
- D04.9Carcinoma in situ of skin, unspecified
- D04.2Carcinoma in situ of skin of ear and external auricular canalnon-billable header