C91
Header — not billableLymphoid leukemia
The ICD-10 code for lymphoid leukemia is C91.
C91 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 9 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- personal history of leukemia (Z85.6)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under C91
- C91.0Acute lymphoblastic leukemia [ALL]non-billable header
- C91.1Chronic lymphocytic leukemia of B-cell typenon-billable header
- C91.3Prolymphocytic leukemia of B-cell typenon-billable header
- C91.4Hairy cell leukemianon-billable header
- C91.5Adult T-cell lymphoma/leukemia (HTLV-1-associated)non-billable header
- C91.6Prolymphocytic leukemia of T-cell typenon-billable header
- C91.9Lymphoid leukemia, unspecifiednon-billable header
- C91.AMature B-cell leukemia Burkitt-typenon-billable header
- C91.ZOther lymphoid leukemianon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- C81Hodgkin lymphomanon-billable header
- C82Follicular lymphomanon-billable header
- C83Non-follicular lymphomanon-billable header
- C84Mature T/NK-cell lymphomasnon-billable header
- C85Other specified and unspecified types of non-Hodgkin lymphomanon-billable header
- C86Other specified types of T/NK-cell lymphomanon-billable header
- C88Malignant immunoproliferative diseases and certain other B-cell lymphomasnon-billable header
- C90Multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasmsnon-billable header
- C92Myeloid leukemianon-billable header
- C93Monocytic leukemianon-billable header
- C94Other leukemias of specified cell typenon-billable header
- C95Leukemia of unspecified cell typenon-billable header
- C96Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissuenon-billable header
- C91Lymphoid leukemianon-billable header