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C84.6

C84.6: Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK-positive

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

C84.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for anaplastic large cell lymphoma, alk-positive. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Inclusion terms

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

  • Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, CD30-positive

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C84.6

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on C84: Mature T/NK-cell lymphomas

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

Other codes that can never be billed with C84.6

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

  • C86Other specified types of T/NK-cell lymphoma
  • C82Follicular lymphoma
  • C83.0Small cell B-cell lymphoma
  • C83.3Diffuse large B-cell 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 C84.6

11 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under C84

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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