C94.8

C94.8: Other specified leukemias

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

C94.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified leukemias. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Code also

Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.

, if applicable, eosinophilia (D72.18)

Inclusion terms

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

Aggressive NK-cell leukemia
Acute basophilic leukemia

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above C94.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on C94: Other leukemias of specified cell type

leukemic reticuloendotheliosis (C91.4-)
myelodysplastic syndromes (D46.-)
personal history of leukemia (Z85.6)
plasma cell leukemia (C90.1-)

Other codes that can never be billed with C94.8

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

D72.825Bandemia

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 C94.8

3 child codes. Green means billable.