C81.1
C81.1 — Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
C81.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for nodular sclerosis hodgkin lymphoma. 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.
- Nodular sclerosis classical Hodgkin lymphoma
Risk adjustment
C81.1 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 C81.1
11 child codes. Green means billable.
- C81.10Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified site
- C81.11Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck
- C81.12Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, intrathoracic lymph nodes
- C81.13Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, intra-abdominal lymph nodes
- C81.14Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of axilla and upper limb
- C81.15Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of inguinal region and lower limb
- C81.16Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, intrapelvic lymph nodes
- C81.17Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, spleen
- C81.18Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, lymph nodes of multiple sites
- C81.19Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, extranodal and solid organ sites
- C81.1ANodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma, in remission
Related codes at this level
Codes that share C81. If C81.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about C81.1
- Is C81.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. C81.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does C81.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Neoplasms (C00-D49), in the block Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96).