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C81.1

C81.1: Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

C81.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for nodular sclerosis hodgkin lymphoma. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Nodular sclerosis classical Hodgkin lymphoma

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C81.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on C81: Hodgkin lymphoma

  • personal history of Hodgkin lymphoma (Z85.71)

Other codes that can never be billed with C81.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • C26.1Malignant neoplasm of spleen

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead C81.1

11 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under C81

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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