C81.4
C81.4 — Lymphocyte-rich Hodgkin lymphoma
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C81.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for lymphocyte-rich hodgkin lymphoma. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (C81.0-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Lymphocyte-rich classical Hodgkin lymphoma
Risk adjustment
C81.4 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 C81.4
11 child codes. Green means billable.
- C81.40Lymphocyte-rich Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified site
- C81.41Lymphocyte-rich Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
- C81.42Lymphocyte-rich Hodgkin lymphoma, intrathoracic lymph nodes
- C81.43Lymphocyte-rich Hodgkin lymphoma, intra-abdominal lymph nodes
- C81.44Lymphocyte-rich Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb
- C81.45Lymphocyte-rich Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
- C81.46Lymphocyte-rich Hodgkin lymphoma, intrapelvic lymph nodes
- C81.47Lymphocyte-rich Hodgkin lymphoma, spleen
- C81.48Lymphocyte-rich Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of multiple sites
- C81.49Lymphocyte-rich Hodgkin lymphoma, extranodal and solid organ sites
- C81.4ALymphocyte-rich Hodgkin lymphoma, in remission
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C81. If C81.4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about C81.4
- Is C81.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C81.4 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C81.4 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96).
- What cannot be coded together with C81.4?
- C81.4 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.