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ICD-10-CM Code for Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck C85.91

ICD-10 code C85.91 for Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Malignant neoplasms .

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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified, lymph nodes of head, face, and neck

C85

Excludes1: other specified types of T/NK-cell lymphoma (C86.-)
personal history of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (Z85.72)

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