ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C81-C96 › C85 Other specified and unspecified... › C85.9
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified
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:
- C85.90 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, unspecified site
- C85.91 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
- C85.92 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, intrathoracic lymph nodes
- C85.93 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, intra-abdominal lymph nodes
- C85.94 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb
- C85.95 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
- C85.96 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, intrapelvic lymph nodes
- C85.97 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, spleen
- C85.98 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of multiple sites
- C85.99 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, extranodal and solid organ sites
- C85.9A Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, 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 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified
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 C85 Other specified and unspecified types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Excludes1 - never coded here
- other specified types of T/NK-cell lymphoma (C86.-)
- 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
- Lymphoma > non-Hodgkin
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma NEC
- Leukosarcoma
- Lymphosarcoma
- Germinoblastoma
- Lymphoma > histiocytic
- Lymphoma > non-Hodgkin
- Disorder > tubulo-interstitial > lymphoma NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C85.1 | Unspecified B-cell lymphoma | Not billable |
| C85.2 | Mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphoma | Not billable |
| C85.8 | Other specified types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma | Not billable |