C82.5
C82.5 — Diffuse follicle center lymphoma
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C82.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for diffuse follicle center lymphoma. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
C82.5 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 C82.5
11 child codes. Green means billable.
- C82.50Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, unspecified site
- C82.51Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
- C82.52Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, intrathoracic lymph nodes
- C82.53Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, intra-abdominal lymph nodes
- C82.54Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb
- C82.55Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
- C82.56Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, intrapelvic lymph nodes
- C82.57Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, spleen
- C82.58Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, lymph nodes of multiple sites
- C82.59Diffuse follicle center lymphoma, extranodal and solid organ sites
- C82.5ADiffuse follicle center lymphoma, in remission
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C82. If C82.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about C82.5
- Is C82.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C82.5 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C82.5 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96).