ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C81-C96 › C82.5 Diffuse follicle center lymphoma › C82.51
Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2010 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.
- FY2010 Added to the draft code set draft Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
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 C82 Follicular lymphoma
Excludes1 - never coded here
- mature T/NK-cell lymphomas (C84.-)
- personal history of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (Z85.72)
Includes
- follicular lymphoma with or without diffuse areas
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
- Lymphoma > non-Hodgkin
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma NEC
- Lymphoma > diffuse follicle center
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C82.50 | Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, unspecified site | Valid |
| C82.52 | Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, intrathoracic lymph nodes | Valid |
| C82.53 | Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, intra-abdominal lymph nodes | Valid |
| C82.54 | Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb | Valid |
| C82.55 | Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb | Valid |
| C82.56 | Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, intrapelvic lymph nodes | Valid |
| C82.57 | Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, spleen | Valid |
| C82.58 | Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, lymph nodes of multiple sites | Valid |
| C82.59 | Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, extranodal and solid organ sites | Valid |
| C82.5A | Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, in remission | Valid |