C79.2

Approximate Synonyms

• Cancer metastatic to skin

• Cancer metastatic to skin undifferentiated lg cell

• Cancer metastatic to skin, adenocarcinoma

• Cancer metastatic to skin, small cell

• Cancer metastatic to skin, squamous

• Melanoma eye, metastatic to skin

• Melanoma, metastatic to skin

• Secondary adenocarcinoma of skin

• Secondary malignant melanoma of skin

• Secondary malignant melanoma of skin from eye

• Secondary small cell carcinoma of skin

• Secondary squamous cell carcinoma of skin

• Secondary undifferentiated large cell malignant neoplasm of skin

Clinical Information

• The spread of the cancer to the skin. This may be from a primary skin cancer, or from a cancer at a distant site.

Details

• C79.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM C79.2 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of C79.2 – other international versions of ICD-10 C79.2 may differ.