ICD-11 classes
02 Neoplasms
In situ neoplasms, except of lymphoid, haematopoietic,...
2E63 — Melanoma in situ neoplasms
2E63.0 — Melanoma in situ of skin
2E63.00 — Lentigo maligna
ICD-11 2E63.00 — Lentigo maligna
An atypical proliferation of atypical melanocytes in the dermal-epidermal junction, without infiltration of the papillary or reticular dermis. The melanocytic proliferation is associated with actinic damage and epidermal atrophy. It usually occurs in the sun-exposed skin of elderly people. It is a form of melanoma in situ and in approximately 5% of cases it progresses to lentigo maligna melanoma.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Melanoma in situ of skin #17494