C88.2
C88.2: Heavy chain disease
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C88.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for heavy chain disease. 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.
- Franklin disease
- Gamma heavy chain disease
- Mu heavy chain disease
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C88.2
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
C88.2 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A59491Billing and Coding: Genetic Testing for Oncology
Code history
- deletedFY2024-FY2027
Heavy chain disease
Code to one of these instead C88.2
2 child codes. Green means billable.