ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C81-C96 › C85.9 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified › C85.96

C85.96

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, intrapelvic lymph nodes

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Unspecified type non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, intrapelvic lymph nodes
  2. FY2010 Draft description revised draft Unspecified type non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, intrapelvic lymph nodes Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, intrapelvic lymph nodes

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
C85.90 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, unspecified site Valid
C85.91 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck Valid
C85.92 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, intrathoracic lymph nodes Valid
C85.93 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, intra-abdominal lymph nodes Valid
C85.94 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb Valid
C85.95 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb Valid
C85.97 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, spleen Valid
C85.98 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of multiple sites Valid
C85.99 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, extranodal and solid organ sites Valid
C85.9A Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, in remission Valid