ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C81-C96 › C83 Non-follicular lymphoma › C83.5
Lymphoblastic (diffuse) 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.
Submit one of these 11 more specific codes instead:
- C83.50 Lymphoblastic (diffuse) lymphoma, unspecified site
- C83.51 Lymphoblastic (diffuse) lymphoma, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
- C83.52 Lymphoblastic (diffuse) lymphoma, intrathoracic lymph nodes
- C83.53 Lymphoblastic (diffuse) lymphoma, intra-abdominal lymph nodes
- C83.54 Lymphoblastic (diffuse) lymphoma, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb
- C83.55 Lymphoblastic (diffuse) lymphoma, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
- C83.56 Lymphoblastic (diffuse) lymphoma, intrapelvic lymph nodes
- C83.57 Lymphoblastic (diffuse) lymphoma, spleen
- C83.58 Lymphoblastic (diffuse) lymphoma, lymph nodes of multiple sites
- C83.59 Lymphoblastic (diffuse) lymphoma, extranodal and solid organ sites
- C83.5A Lymphoblastic (diffuse) 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Lymphoblastic (diffuse) 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 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.
- Lymphomatosis
- Lymphosarcoma
- Lymphoblastoma
- Lymphoma > non-Hodgkin
- Sarcoma > lymphoblastic
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma NEC
- Lymphoblastoma > macrofollicular
- Lymphoblastoma > giant follicular
- Lymphoma > B-precursor
- Lymphoma > T-precursor
- Lymphoma > lymphoblastic
- Lymphoma > lymphoblastic B-cell
- Lymphoma > lymphoblastic T-cell
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C83.0 | Small cell B-cell lymphoma | Not billable |
| C83.1 | Mantle cell lymphoma | Not billable |
| C83.3 | Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma | Not billable |
| C83.7 | Burkitt lymphoma | Not billable |
| C83.8 | Other non-follicular lymphoma | Not billable |
| C83.9 | Non-follicular (diffuse) lymphoma, unspecified | Not billable |