Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 200.5
Primary central nervous system lymphoma
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 9 ICD-9-CM codes below 200.5 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • Cancer that arises in the lymphoid tissue found in the central nervous system (cns). The cns includes the brain and spinal cord
  • Cancer that forms in the lymph tissue of the brain, spinal cord, meninges (outer covering of the brain), or eye (called ocular lymphoma)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 200.5:
  • Lymphoma (malignant) (M9590/3) 202.8
    • primary central nervous system 200.5
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