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C84.7

Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-negative

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 12 more specific codes instead:

  • C84.70 Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-negative, unspecified site
  • C84.71 Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-negative, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
  • C84.72 Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-negative, intrathoracic lymph nodes
  • C84.73 Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-negative, intra-abdominal lymph nodes
  • C84.74 Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-negative, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb
  • C84.75 Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-negative, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
  • C84.76 Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-negative, intrapelvic lymph nodes
  • C84.77 Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-negative, spleen
  • C84.78 Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-negative, lymph nodes of multiple sites
  • C84.79 Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-negative, extranodal and solid organ sites
  • C84.7A Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-negative, breast
  • C84.7B Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-negative, 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 Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-negative

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 C84 Mature T/NK-cell lymphomas

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
C84.0 Mycosis fungoides Not billable
C84.1 Sezary disease Not billable
C84.4 Peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not elsewhere classified Not billable
C84.6 Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-positive Not billable
C84.9 Mature T/NK-cell lymphomas, unspecified Not billable
C84.A Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, unspecified Not billable
C84.Z Other mature T/NK-cell lymphomas Not billable