D03
Header — not billableMelanoma in situ
The ICD-10 code for melanoma in situ is D03.
D03 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 10 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under D03
- D03.0Melanoma in situ of lip
- D03.1Melanoma in situ of eyelid, including canthusnon-billable header
- D03.2Melanoma in situ of ear and external auricular canalnon-billable header
- D03.3Melanoma in situ of other and unspecified parts of facenon-billable header
- D03.4Melanoma in situ of scalp and neck
- D03.5Melanoma in situ of trunknon-billable header
- D03.6Melanoma in situ of upper limb, including shouldernon-billable header
- D03.7Melanoma in situ of lower limb, including hipnon-billable header
- D03.8Melanoma in situ of other sites
- D03.9Melanoma in situ, unspecified
Related codes in this category
- D00Carcinoma in situ of oral cavity, esophagus and stomachnon-billable header
- D01Carcinoma in situ of other and unspecified digestive organsnon-billable header
- D02Carcinoma in situ of middle ear and respiratory systemnon-billable header
- D04Carcinoma in situ of skinnon-billable header
- D05Carcinoma in situ of breastnon-billable header
- D06Carcinoma in situ of cervix uterinon-billable header
- D07Carcinoma in situ of other and unspecified genital organsnon-billable header
- D09Carcinoma in situ of other and unspecified sitesnon-billable header
- D03Melanoma in situnon-billable header