C43.2
ICD-10Non-billable categoryMalignant melanoma of ear and external auricular canal
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Malignant melanoma of ear and external auricular canal
C43.2 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
ICD-10-CM FY2026 defines 3 codes beneath C43.2. See the ICD-10-CM index for what this site publishes.
Related codes in C43
- C43.0Malignant melanoma of lip
- C43.1Malignant melanoma of eyelid, including canthuscategory
- C43.3Malignant melanoma of other and unspecified parts of facecategory
- C43.4Malignant melanoma of scalp and neck
- C43.5Malignant melanoma of trunkcategory
- C43.6Malignant melanoma of upper limb, including shouldercategory
- C43.7Malignant melanoma of lower limb, including hipcategory
- C43.8Malignant melanoma of overlapping sites of skin
- C43.9Malignant melanoma of skin, unspecified
Where this code sits
- Chapter
- 2. Neoplasms (C00-D49)
- Parent code
- C43
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.