ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C81-C96 › C81 Hodgkin lymphoma › C81.9
Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 11 more specific codes instead:
- C81.90 Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, unspecified site
- C81.91 Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
- C81.92 Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, intrathoracic lymph nodes
- C81.93 Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, intra-abdominal lymph nodes
- C81.94 Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb
- C81.95 Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
- C81.96 Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, intrapelvic lymph nodes
- C81.97 Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, spleen
- C81.98 Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of multiple sites
- C81.99 Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, extranodal and solid organ sites
- C81.9A Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified
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.
- Lymphomatosis
- Lymphosarcoma
- Hodgkin disease
- Lymphogranuloma
- Sarcoma > Hodgkin
- Lymphogranulomatosis
- Lymphoma > non-Hodgkin
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma NEC
- Lymphoma > Hodgkin
- Granuloma > Hodgkin
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C81.0 | Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma | Not billable |
| C81.1 | Nodular sclerosis 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 |