C83.79 — Burkitt lymphoma, extranodal and solid organ sites
C83.79 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for burkitt lymphoma, extranodal and solid organ sites. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Other codes that can never be billed with C83.79
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at C83.79. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading C83.79 alone.
- C83.390Primary central nervous system lymphoma
Risk adjustment
C83.79 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 20 Lung and Other Severe Cancers1.136 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
C83.79 is named in 55 Medicare coverage policies — 55 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
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How C83.79 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to C83.79.
- Lymphoma›primary central nervous system›Burkitt
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C83.7. If C83.79 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- C83.70Burkitt lymphoma, unspecified site
- C83.71Burkitt lymphoma, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
- C83.72Burkitt lymphoma, intrathoracic lymph nodes
- C83.73Burkitt lymphoma, intra-abdominal lymph nodes
- C83.74Burkitt lymphoma, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb
- C83.75Burkitt lymphoma, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
- C83.76Burkitt lymphoma, intrapelvic lymph nodes
- C83.77Burkitt lymphoma, spleen
- C83.78Burkitt lymphoma, lymph nodes of multiple sites
- C83.7ABurkitt lymphoma, in remission
Questions about C83.79
- Is C83.79 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. C83.79 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does C83.79 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96).