Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 202.8
Other malignant lymphomas
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 9 ICD-9-CM codes below 202.8 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • (lim-fo-ma) cancer that arises in cells of the lymphatic system
  • A malignant (clonal) proliferation of b- lymphocytes or t- lymphocytes which involves the lymph nodes, bone marrow and/or extranodal sites. This category includes non-hodgkin lymphomas and hodgkin lymphomas
  • An obsolete term for a malignant tumor of lymphatic tissue
  • Malignant (clonal) proliferation of b- or t- lymphocytes which involves the lymph nodes, bone marrow and/or extranodal sites; general term for various neoplastic diseases of the lymphoid tissue
  • Malignant lymphoma in which neoplastic cells diffusely infiltrate the entire lymph node without any definite organized pattern; patients whose lymphomas present a diffuse pattern generally have a more unfavorable survival outlook than those presenting with a follicular or nodular pattern
202.8 Excludes
Applies To
  • Lymphoma (malignant):
    • NOS
    • diffuse
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 202.8:
  • Germinoblastoma (diffuse) (M9614/3) 202.8
    • follicular (M9692/3) 202.0
  • Lymphoma (malignant) (M9590/3) 202.8
    • benign (M9590/0) - see Neoplasm, by site, benign
    • Burkitt's type (lymphoblastic) (undifferentiated) (M9750/3) 200.2
    • Castleman's (mediastinal lymph node hyperplasia) 785.6
    • centroblastic-centrocytic
      • diffuse (M9614/3) 202.8
      • follicular (M9692/3) 202.0
    • centroblastic type (diffuse) (M9632/3) 202.8
      • follicular (M9697/3) 202.0
    • centrocytic (M9622/3) 202.8
    • convoluted cell type (lymphoblastic) (M9602/3) 202.8
    • diffuse NEC (M9590/3) 202.8
      • large B cell 202.8
    • follicular (giant) (M9690/3) 202.0
      • center cell (diffuse) (M9615/3) 202.8
        • cleaved (diffuse) (M9623/3) 202.8
          • follicular (M9695/3) 202.0
        • non-cleaved (diffuse) (M9633/3) 202.8
          • follicular (M9698/3) 202.0
      • centroblastic-centrocytic (M9692/3) 202.0
      • centroblastic type (M9697/3) 202.0
      • large cell 202.0
      • lymphocytic
        • intermediate differentiation (M9694/3) 202.0
        • poorly differentiated (M9696/3) 202.0
      • mixed (cell type) (lymphocytic-histiocytic) (small cell and large cell) (M9691/3) 202.0
    • germinocytic (M9622/3) 202.8
    • giant, follicular or follicle (M9690/3) 202.0
    • histiocytic (diffuse) (M9640/3) 200.0
      • nodular (M9642/3) 200.0
      • pleomorphic cell type (M9641/3) 200.0
    • Hodgkin's (M9650/3) (see also Disease, Hodgkin's) 201.9
    • immunoblastic (type) (M9612/3) 200.8
    • large cell (M9640/3) 200.7
      • anaplastic 200.6
      • nodular (M9642/3) 202.0
      • pleomorphic cell type (M9641/3) 200.0
    • lymphoblastic (diffuse) (M9630/3) 200.1
      • Burkitt's type (M9750/3) 200.2
      • convoluted cell type (M9602/3) 202.8
    • lymphocytic (cell type) (diffuse) (M9620/3) 200.1
      • with plasmacytoid differentiation, diffuse (M9611/3) 200.8
      • intermediate differentiation (diffuse) (M9621/3) 200.1
      • nodular (M9690/3) 202.0
      • poorly differentiated (diffuse) (M9630/3) 200.1
      • well differentiated (diffuse) (M9620/3) 200.1
    • lymphocytic-histiocytic, mixed (diffuse) (M9613/3) 200.8
    • lymphoplasmacytoid type (M9611/3) 200.8
    • lymphosarcoma type (M9610/3) 200.1
    • macrofollicular (M9690/3) 202.0
    • mixed cell type (diffuse) (M9613/3) 200.8
    • nodular (M9690/3) 202.0
      • histiocytic (M9642/3) 200.0
      • lymphocytic (M9690/3) 202.0
        • intermediate differentiation (M9694/3) 202.0
        • poorly differentiated (M9696/3) 202.0
      • mixed (cell type) (lymphocytic-histiocytic) (small cell and large cell) (M9691/3) 202.0
    • non-Hodgkin's type NEC (M9591/3) 202.8
    • primary central nervous system 200.5
    • reticulum cell (type) (M9640/3) 200.0
    • small cell and large cell, mixed (diffuse) (M9613/3) 200.8
    • stem cell (type) (M9601/3) 202.8
    • undifferentiated (cell type) (non-Burkitt's) (M9600/3) 202.8
      • Burkitt's type (M9750/3) 200.2
  • Sarcoma (M8800/3) - see also Neoplasm, connective tissue, malignant
    • germinoblastic (diffuse) (M9632/3) 202.8
      • follicular (M9697/3) 202.0
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