C83.3

C83.3: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

C83.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for diffuse large 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.

mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphoma (C85.2-)
mature T/NK-cell lymphomas (C84.-)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Anaplastic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
CD30-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Centroblastic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, subtype not specified
Immunoblastic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Plasmablastic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
T-cell rich diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C83.3

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 C83.3

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

C88.4Extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue [MALT-lymphoma]
C83.8Other non-follicular lymphoma

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 C83.3

11 child codes. Green means billable.