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M8720/2 Melanoma in situ M8720/3 Malignant melanoma, NOS (except juvenile melanoma M8770/0) Melanoma, NOS; M8721/3 Nodular melanoma. M8722/0 Balloon cell nevus M8722/3 Balloon cell melanoma M8723/0 Halo nevus Regressing nevus; M8723/3 Malignant melanoma, regressing M8725/0 Neuronevus M8726/0 Magnocellular nevus (C69.4) Melanocytoma, eyeball ...
The word melanoma has a long history of being used in a broader sense to refer to any melanocytic tumor, typically, but not always malignant, [170] [171] but today the narrower sense referring only to malignant types has become so dominant that benign tumors are usually not called melanomas anymore and the word melanoma is now usually taken to ...
Lentigo maligna is a histopathological variant of melanoma in situ. [6] Lentigo maligna is sometimes classified as a very early melanoma, [7] and sometimes as a precursor to melanoma. [8] When malignant melanocytes from a lentigo maligna have invaded below the epidermis, the condition is termed lentigo maligna melanoma. [2]
In comparison, the mortality rate of melanoma is 15–20% and it causes 6500 deaths per year. [67]: 29, 31 Even though it is much less common, malignant melanoma is responsible for 75% of all skin cancer-related deaths. [68] The survival rate for people with melanoma depends upon when they start treatment.
Any diagnosis of melanoma is cancer even if the term ‘malignant’ is not used before it.
Acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM) is a type of skin cancer. [6] It typically begins as a uniform brownish mark before becoming darker and wider with a blurred, irregular border. ALM is most frequently seen on the foot of a person with darker skin but can also be found in non-sun exposed areas such as the palms , soles , and under finger and ...
It is also known as a melanocytic tumor or as a malignant melanoma. [1] It is aggressive and infrequently cured. The median overall survival is 16 months. [2] Vaginal melanoma accounts 5.5% of all vaginal cancers and only 1% of all melanomas diagnosed in women. [2] Vaginal melanomas are frequently diagnosed in advanced stages of the disease.
This is a shortened version of the second chapter of the ICD-9: Neoplasms. It covers ICD codes 140 to 239. The full chapter can be found on pages 101 to 144 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9. Volume 2 is an alphabetical index of Volume 1.