ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C81-C96 › C82 Follicular lymphoma › C82.8

C82.8

Other types of follicular 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:

  • C82.80 Other types of follicular lymphoma, unspecified site
  • C82.81 Other types of follicular lymphoma, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
  • C82.82 Other types of follicular lymphoma, intrathoracic lymph nodes
  • C82.83 Other types of follicular lymphoma, intra-abdominal lymph nodes
  • C82.84 Other types of follicular lymphoma, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb
  • C82.85 Other types of follicular lymphoma, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
  • C82.86 Other types of follicular lymphoma, intrapelvic lymph nodes
  • C82.87 Other types of follicular lymphoma, spleen
  • C82.88 Other types of follicular lymphoma, lymph nodes of multiple sites
  • C82.89 Other types of follicular lymphoma, extranodal and solid organ sites
  • C82.8A Other types of follicular 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 Other types of follicular 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 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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
C82.0 Follicular lymphoma grade I Not billable
C82.1 Follicular lymphoma grade II Not billable
C82.2 Follicular lymphoma grade III, unspecified Not billable
C82.3 Follicular lymphoma grade IIIa Not billable
C82.4 Follicular lymphoma grade IIIb Not billable
C82.5 Diffuse follicle center lymphoma Not billable
C82.6 Cutaneous follicle center lymphoma Not billable
C82.9 Follicular lymphoma, unspecified Not billable