D23.2Other benign neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal

D23.2 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other benign neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal. It belongs to category D23 (other benign neoplasms of skin), block D10-D36 (benign neoplasms, except benign neuroendocrine tumors) and chapter 2 (neoplasms). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within D23 (other benign neoplasms of skin), D23.2 is specifically for other benign neoplasm of skin of ear and external auricular canal. Related codes cover skin of lip (D23.0), skin of eyelid, including canthus (D23.1), skin of other and unspecified parts of face (D23.3), skin of scalp and neck (D23.4), skin of trunk (D23.5), skin of upper limb, including shoulder (D23.6), skin of lower limb, including hip (D23.7) and skin, unspecified (D23.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: D23.20 (canal), D23.21 (canal) and D23.22 (canal).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.