ICD-10-CM Code C63.7

Valid for Submission

C63.7 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of malignant neoplasm of other specified male genital organs. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code C63.7 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like malignant tumor of seminal vesicle, malignant tumor of tunica vaginalis, paratesticular malignant neoplasm, primary malignant neoplasm of seminal vesicle, tumor of seminal vesicle, tumor of tunica vaginalis, etc

The code C63.7 is applicable to male patients only. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-male patient.

The following anatomical sites found in the Table of Neoplasms apply to this code given the correct histological behavior: ejaculatory duct ; genital organ or tract male NEC specified site NEC ; Mullerian duct male ; seminal vesicle ; tunica vaginalis ; vesicle, seminal ; wolffian (body) (duct) male ; etc

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code C63.7:

Inclusion Terms

Inclusion Terms
These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.

• Malignant neoplasm of seminal vesicle
• Malignant neoplasm of tunica vaginalis

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 tumor of seminal vesicle
• Malignant tumor of tunica vaginalis
• Paratesticular malignant neoplasm
• Primary malignant neoplasm of seminal vesicle
• Tumor of seminal vesicle
• Tumor of tunica vaginalis

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code C63.7 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 C63.7 to ICD-9

• 187.8 - Mal neo male genital NEC (Approximate Flag)

Code Classification

• Neoplasms (C00–D48)
  • Malignant neoplasms of male genital organs (C60-C63)
    • Malignant neoplasm of other and unsp male genital organs (C63)

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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