D03
D03 — Melanoma in situ
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
D03 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for melanoma in situ. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with D03
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at D03. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading D03 alone.
- C43Malignant melanoma of skin
- D00Carcinoma in situ of oral cavity, esophagus and stomach
- D00.0Carcinoma in situ of lip, oral cavity and pharynx
- D01Carcinoma in situ of other and unspecified digestive organs
- D02Carcinoma in situ of middle ear and respiratory system
- D04Carcinoma in situ of skin
- D05Carcinoma in situ of breast
- D06Carcinoma in situ of cervix uteri
Risk adjustment
D03 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead D03
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- D03.0Melanoma in situ of lip
- D03.1Melanoma in situ of eyelid, including canthus
- D03.2Melanoma in situ of ear and external auricular canal
- D03.3Melanoma in situ of other and unspecified parts of face
- D03.4Melanoma in situ of scalp and neck
- D03.5Melanoma in situ of trunk
- D03.6Melanoma in situ of upper limb, including shoulder
- D03.7Melanoma in situ of lower limb, including hip
- D03.8Melanoma in situ of other sites
- D03.9Melanoma in situ, unspecified
Questions about D03
- Is D03 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. D03 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does D03 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block In situ neoplasms (D00-D09).