C82.8
C82.8 — Other types of follicular lymphoma
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C82.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other types of follicular lymphoma. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
C82.8 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 C82.8
11 child codes. Green means billable.
- C82.80Other types of follicular lymphoma, unspecified site
- C82.81Other types of follicular lymphoma, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
- C82.82Other types of follicular lymphoma, intrathoracic lymph nodes
- C82.83Other types of follicular lymphoma, intra-abdominal lymph nodes
- C82.84Other types of follicular lymphoma, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb
- C82.85Other types of follicular lymphoma, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
- C82.86Other types of follicular lymphoma, intrapelvic lymph nodes
- C82.87Other types of follicular lymphoma, spleen
- C82.88Other types of follicular lymphoma, lymph nodes of multiple sites
- C82.89Other types of follicular lymphoma, extranodal and solid organ sites
- C82.8AOther types of follicular lymphoma, in remission
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C82. If C82.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about C82.8
- Is C82.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C82.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C82.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96).