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
Risk adjustment
C85.9 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead C85.9
11 child codes. Green means billable.
- C85.90Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, unspecified site
- C85.91Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
- C85.92Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, intrathoracic lymph nodes
- C85.93Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, intra-abdominal lymph nodes
- C85.94Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb
- C85.95Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
- C85.96Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, intrapelvic lymph nodes
- C85.97Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, spleen
- C85.98Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of multiple sites
- C85.99Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, extranodal and solid organ sites
- C85.9ANon-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, in remission
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C85. If C85.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about C85.9
- Is C85.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C85.9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C85.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96).