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172.5 MALIG MELANOMA TRUNK


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 172.5

Short Description: Malig melanoma trunk

Long Description: Malignant melanoma of skin of trunk, except scrotum

Code Classification:

  • Neoplasms (140–239)
    • Malignant neoplasm of bone, connective tissue, skin, and breast (170-176)
      • 172 Malignant melanoma of skin
        • 172.5 Malig melanoma trunk

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Malignant melanoma of back
  • Malignant melanoma of breast
  • Malignant melanoma of buttock
  • Malignant melanoma of groin
  • Malignant melanoma of perianal skin
  • Malignant melanoma of perineum
  • Malignant melanoma of skin of abdomen
  • Malignant melanoma of skin of axilla
  • Malignant melanoma of skin of back
  • Malignant melanoma of skin of breast
  • Malignant melanoma of skin of buttock
  • Malignant melanoma of skin of chest
  • Malignant melanoma of skin of groin
  • Malignant melanoma of skin of perineum
  • Malignant melanoma of skin of trunk
  • Malignant melanoma of skin of umbilicus
  • Malignant melanoma of trunk
  • Malignant melanoma of umbilicus
  • Melanoma in situ of perianal skin
  • Melanoma in situ of skin of breast
  • Melanoma in situ of trunk

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 172.5 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Melanoma (malignant) (M8720/3) 172.9
    • abdominal wall 172.5
    • axilla 172.5
    • axillary fold 172.5
    • back 172.5
    • breast (female) (male) 172.5
    • buttock 172.5
    • chest wall 172.5
    • flank 172.5
    • gluteal region 172.5
    • groin 172.5
    • interscapular region 172.5
    • perianal skin 172.5
    • perineum 172.5
    • pubes 172.5
    • submammary fold 172.5
    • trunk NEC 172.5
    • umbilicus 172.5

Crosswalk Information

The code 172.5 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
172.5 Right Arrow C43.59 Malignant melanoma of other part of trunk
D03.51 Melanoma in situ of anal skin
D03.52 Melanoma in situ of breast (skin) (soft tissue)
D03.59 Melanoma in situ of other part of trunk
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
172.0 Malignant melanoma of skin of lip
172.1 Malignant melanoma of skin of eyelid, including canthus
172.2 Malignant melanoma of skin of ear and external auditory canal
172.3 Malignant melanoma of skin of other and unspecified parts of face
172.4 Malignant melanoma of skin of scalp and neck
172.6 Malignant melanoma of skin of upper limb, including shoulder
172.7 Malignant melanoma of skin of lower limb, including hip
172.8 Malignant melanoma of other specified sites of skin
172.9 Melanoma of skin, site unspecified

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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