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Pinpoint the Correct Lymphoma Code
Published on Thu Jun 25, 2020
Question: My provider recently had me code for a non-Hodgkin lymphoma that affected the spleen. I can’t find any code specific to the spleen. Should I use the unspecified ICD-10 code C85.90? South Dakota Subscriber Answer: For this situation, the code you should use is C85.97 (Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, spleen). The big giveaway that you want to use this code is the [...]