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C81.1

Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 11 more specific codes instead:

  • C81.10 Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified site
  • C81.11 Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
  • C81.12 Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, intrathoracic lymph nodes
  • C81.13 Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, intra-abdominal lymph nodes
  • C81.14 Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb
  • C81.15 Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
  • C81.16 Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, intrapelvic lymph nodes
  • C81.17 Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, spleen
  • C81.18 Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of multiple sites
  • C81.19 Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, extranodal and solid organ sites
  • C81.1A Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, in remission

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Nodular sclerosis classical Hodgkin lymphoma
  2. FY2017 Description revised Nodular sclerosis classical Hodgkin lymphoma Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from C81 Hodgkin lymphoma

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • personal history of Hodgkin lymphoma (Z85.71)

Inherited from the C81-C96 section Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • Kaposi's sarcoma of lymph nodes (C46.3)
  • secondary and unspecified neoplasm of lymph nodes (C77.-)
  • secondary neoplasm of bone marrow (C79.52)
  • secondary neoplasm of spleen (C78.89)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
C81.0 Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma Not billable
C81.2 Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma Not billable
C81.3 Lymphocyte depleted Hodgkin lymphoma Not billable
C81.4 Lymphocyte-rich Hodgkin lymphoma Not billable
C81.7 Other Hodgkin lymphoma Not billable
C81.9 Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified Not billable