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C85.9

C85.9: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

C85.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for non-hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified. 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.

  • Lymphoma NOS
  • Malignant lymphoma NOS
  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C85.9

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on C85: Other specified and unspecified types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma

  • other specified types of T/NK-cell lymphoma (C86.-)
  • personal history of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (Z85.72)

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 C85.9

11 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under C85

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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