C83.0 — Small cell B-cell lymphoma
C83.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for small cell b-cell 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.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma
- Nodal marginal zone lymphoma
- Non-leukemic variant of B-CLL
- Splenic marginal zone lymphoma
Other codes that can never be billed with C83.0
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at C83.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading C83.0 alone.
Risk adjustment
C83.0 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 C83.0
11 child codes. Green means billable.
- C83.00Small cell B-cell lymphoma, unspecified site
- C83.01Small cell B-cell lymphoma, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
- C83.02Small cell B-cell lymphoma, intrathoracic lymph nodes
- C83.03Small cell B-cell lymphoma, intra-abdominal lymph nodes
- C83.04Small cell B-cell lymphoma, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb
- C83.05Small cell B-cell lymphoma, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
- C83.06Small cell B-cell lymphoma, intrapelvic lymph nodes
- C83.07Small cell B-cell lymphoma, spleen
- C83.08Small cell B-cell lymphoma, lymph nodes of multiple sites
- C83.09Small cell B-cell lymphoma, extranodal and solid organ sites
- C83.0ASmall cell B-cell lymphoma, in remission
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C83. If C83.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about C83.0
- Is C83.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C83.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C83.0 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 C83.0?
- C83.0 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.