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ICD-10 diagnosis code

C44.2 Malignant neoplasm: Skin of ear and external auricular canal

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C44.2 is the ICD-10 code for Malignant neoplasm: Skin of ear and external auricular canal. It is a four-character subcategory of C44 (Other malignant neoplasms of skin), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block C43–C44 (Melanoma and other malignant neoplasms of skin) in Chapter II, Neoplasms.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
II · C00–D48
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What C44.2 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

  • connective tissue of ear C49.0

C44.2 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

C44.2Malign tumör i huden på ytteröra och i yttre hörselgången

  • C44.2BYtligt växande basalcellscancer i huden på ytteröra och i yttre hörselgången
  • C44.2CMorfealiknande basalcellscancer i huden på ytteröra och i yttre hörselgången
  • C44.2DAnnan basalcellscancer i huden på ytteröra och i yttre hörselgången
  • C44.2EOspecificerad basalcellscancer i huden på ytteröra och i yttre hörselgången
  • C44.2SSkivepitelcancer i huden på ytteröra och i yttre hörselgången
  • C44.2WAndra maligna tumörer i huden på ytteröra och i yttre hörselgången
  • C44.2XOspecificerad malign tumör i huden på ytteröra och i yttre hörselgången
NorwayICD-10-NO

C44.2Ondartet svulst i hud på øre eller i ytre øregang

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DC442Anden hudkræft på øre eller i ydre øregang

  • DC442AAnden hudkræft på øre
  • DC442BAnden hudkræft i ydre øregang
FinlandICD-10-FI

C44.2Korvalehden tai korvakäytävän ihosyöpä

  • C44.20Korvalehden tai korvakäytävän ihosyöpä ei histologista vahvistusta
  • C44.21Korvalehden tai korvakäytävän tyvisolusyöpä
  • C44.22Korvalehden tai korvakäytävän okasolusyöpä
  • C44.29Korvalehden tai korvakäytävän ihosyöpä muu tai epämääräinen histologia
GermanyICD-10-GM

C44.2Haut des Ohres und des äußeren Gehörganges

FranceICD-10-FR

C44.2Peau de l'oreille et du conduit auditif externe

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

C44.2huid van oor en uitwendige gehoorgang

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • C44.201Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of unspecified ear and external auricular canal
  • C44.202Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of right ear and external auricular canal
  • C44.209Unspecified malignant neoplasm of skin of left ear and external auricular canal
  • C44.211Basal cell carcinoma of skin of unspecified ear and external auricular canal
  • C44.212Basal cell carcinoma of skin of right ear and external auricular canal
  • C44.219Basal cell carcinoma of skin of left ear and external auricular canal
  • C44.221Squamous cell carcinoma of skin of unspecified ear and external auricular canal
  • C44.222Squamous cell carcinoma of skin of right ear and external auricular canal
  • and 4 more national subcodes

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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