ICD-10-CM Code C62.10

Valid for Submission

C62.10 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of malignant neoplasm of unspecified descended testis. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code C62.10 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like malignant teratoma, malignant teratoma of descended testis, malignant teratoma of testis, primary malignant neoplasm of descended testis, seminoma, seminoma of descended testis, etc

The code C62.10 is applicable to male patients only. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-male patient.

Code Edits

The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:

• Diagnoses for males only - Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient’s sex and any diagnosis on the patient’s record, this code applies to MALES only .

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Malignant teratoma
• Malignant teratoma of descended testis
• Malignant teratoma of testis
• Primary malignant neoplasm of descended testis
• Seminoma
• Seminoma of descended testis
• Seminoma of testis

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code C62.10 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2019 through 09/30/2020.

• 715 - OTHER MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM O.R. PROCEDURES FOR MALIGNANCY WITH CC/MCC
• 716 - OTHER MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM O.R. PROCEDURES FOR MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/MCC

Convert C62.10 to ICD-9

• 186.9 - Malig neo testis NEC (Approximate Flag)

Code Classification

• Neoplasms (C00–D48)
  • Malignant neoplasms of male genital organs (C60-C63)
    • Malignant neoplasm of testis (C62)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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