C81.2
C81.2 — Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C81.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for mixed cellularity 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.
- Mixed cellularity classical Hodgkin lymphoma
Risk adjustment
C81.2 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead C81.2
11 child codes. Green means billable.
- C81.20Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified site
- C81.21Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
- C81.22Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma, intrathoracic lymph nodes
- C81.23Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma, intra-abdominal lymph nodes
- C81.24Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb
- C81.25Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
- C81.26Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma, intrapelvic lymph nodes
- C81.27Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma, spleen
- C81.28Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of multiple sites
- C81.29Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma, extranodal and solid organ sites
- C81.2AMixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma, in remission
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C81. If C81.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about C81.2
- Is C81.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C81.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C81.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96).