ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C81-C96 › C83.3 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma › C83.39

C83.39

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, extranodal and solid organ sites

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Billable FY2016 to FY2024, and a category header from FY2025.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

  • C83.390 Primary central nervous system lymphoma
  • C83.398 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of other extranodal and solid organ sites

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 Large cell (diffuse) non-Hodgkin's lymphoma , extranodal and solid organ sites
  2. FY2010 Draft description revised draft Large cell (diffuse) non-Hodgkin's lymphoma , extranodal and solid organ sites Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, extranodal and solid organ sites
  3. FY2025 Stopped being billable

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 C83 Non-follicular lymphoma

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • personal history of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (Z85.72)

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
C83.30 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, unspecified site Valid
C83.31 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck Valid
C83.32 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, intrathoracic lymph nodes Valid
C83.33 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, intra-abdominal lymph nodes Valid
C83.34 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb Valid
C83.35 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb Valid
C83.36 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, intrapelvic lymph nodes Valid
C83.37 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, spleen Valid
C83.38 Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, lymph nodes of multiple sites Valid
C83.3A Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, in remission Valid