ICD-11 classes
02 Neoplasms
Malignant neoplasms, except primary neoplasms of lymphoid,...
Malignant neoplasms, stated or presumed to be primary, of...
Malignant neoplasms of skin
ICD-11 Malignant neoplasms of skin
A primary or metastatic tumour involving the skin. Primary malignant skin tumours most often are carcinomas (either basal cell or squamous cell carcinomas that arise from cells in the epidermis) or melanomas that arise from pigment-containing skin melanocytes. Metastatic tumours to the skin include carcinomas and lymphomas.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 3 items.
- Carcinoma in situ of skin (2E64)
- Metastatic malignant neoplasm involving skin (2E08)
- Malignant mesenchymal neoplasms (2B50-2B5Z)
Diagnosis contains 8 clarifying diagnoses:
- 2C30 — Melanoma of skin
It contains 6 clarifying diagnoses. - 2C31 — Squamous cell carcinoma of skin
It contains 4 clarifying diagnoses. - 2C32 — Basal cell carcinoma of skin
It contains 5 clarifying diagnoses. - 2C33 — Adnexal carcinoma of skin
- 2C34 — Cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma
- 2C35 — Cutaneous sarcoma
It contains 2 clarifying diagnoses. - 2C3Y — Other specified malignant neoplasms of skin
- 2C3Z — Malignant neoplasm of skin of unknown or unspecified type
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: