C81.9
C81.9 — Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C81.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
C81.9 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 C81.9
11 child codes. Green means billable.
- C81.90Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, unspecified site
- C81.91Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
- C81.92Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, intrathoracic lymph nodes
- C81.93Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, intra-abdominal lymph nodes
- C81.94Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb
- C81.95Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
- C81.96Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, intrapelvic lymph nodes
- C81.97Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, spleen
- C81.98Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of multiple sites
- C81.99Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, extranodal and solid organ sites
- C81.9AHodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, in remission
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C81. If C81.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about C81.9
- Is C81.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C81.9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C81.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96).