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C81.15

Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin's disease, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
  2. FY2010 Draft description revised draft Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin's disease, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb Nodular sclerosis classical Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
  3. FY2017 Description revised Nodular sclerosis classical Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb

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