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C83.0

C83.0: Small cell B-cell lymphoma

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

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.

  • chronic lymphocytic leukemia (C91.1)
  • mature T/NK-cell lymphomas (C84.-)
  • Waldenström macroglobulinemia (C88.00)

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

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C83.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on C83: Non-follicular lymphoma

  • personal history of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (Z85.72)

Other codes that can never be billed with C83.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • C88.0Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
  • C91.1Chronic lymphocytic leukemia of B-cell type

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead C83.0

11 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under C83

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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