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ICD-10 · PDGM grouping

C86 Other specified types of T/NK-cell lymphoma

All 14 codes in the C86 family, with the PDGM clinical group, comorbidity subgroup and primary-position rule CMS assigns, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26 and the CDC FY2027 code file.

ICD-10-CM FY2027 · CMS grouper v07.2.26

Codes in family

14

Can lead a claim

14

Cannot lead a claim

0

What CMS assigns to C86

All 14 codes group to MMTA - Infectious Disease, Neoplasms, and Blood-Forming Diseases. Comorbidity subgroups: 10 toward Follicular and Other Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and Leukemia; 4 toward Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Every code can lead a claim.

  • Follicular and Other Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and Leukemia
  • Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Every code in C86

Descriptions are CDC’s FY2027 wording; where CMS’s grouper abbreviates one, its form is shown beneath.

CodeDescriptionPrimary positionClinical groupComorbidity subgroup
C86.0 Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type
C86.00Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type not having achieved remissionCMS: Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type not remissionCan lead a claimKFollicular and Other Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and Leukemia
C86.01Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type, in remissionCan lead a claimKFollicular and Other Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and Leukemia
C86.1 Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma
C86.10Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma not having achieved remissionCan lead a claimKFollicular and Other Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and Leukemia
C86.11Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma, in remissionCan lead a claimKFollicular and Other Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and Leukemia
C86.2 Enteropathy-type (intestinal) T-cell lymphoma
C86.20Enteropathy-type (intestinal) T-cell lymphoma not having achieved remissionCMS: Enteropathy-type (intestinal) T-cell lymphoma not remissionCan lead a claimKFollicular and Other Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and Leukemia
C86.21Enteropathy-type (intestinal) T-cell lymphoma, in remissionCan lead a claimKFollicular and Other Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and Leukemia
C86.3 Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma
C86.30Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma not having achieved remissionCMS: Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma not remissionCan lead a claimKFollicular and Other Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and Leukemia
C86.31Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma, in remissionCan lead a claimKFollicular and Other Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and Leukemia
C86.4 Blastic NK-cell lymphoma
C86.40Blastic NK-cell lymphoma not having achieved remissionCan lead a claimKFollicular and Other Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and Leukemia
C86.41Blastic NK-cell lymphoma, in remissionCan lead a claimKFollicular and Other Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and Leukemia
C86.5 Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma
C86.50Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma not having achieved remissionCMS: Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma not achieve remissionCan lead a claimKNon-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
C86.51Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, in remissionCan lead a claimKNon-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
C86.6 Primary cutaneous CD30-positive T-cell proliferations
C86.60Primary cutaneous CD30-positive T-cell proliferations not having achieved remissionCMS: Primary cutaneous CD30-positive T-cell prolif not remissionCan lead a claimKNon-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
C86.61Primary cutaneous CD30-positive T-cell proliferations, in remissionCMS: Primary cutaneous CD30-positive T-cell prolif, in remissionCan lead a claimKNon-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Sources: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01, for the clinical group, comorbidity subgroup, code-first conventions and primary-position flags; CDC NCHS ICD-10-CM FY2027 code descriptions for the family title and code wording. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.

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