ICD-10-CM Code N44.8

Valid for Submission

N44.8 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other noninflammatory disorders of the testis. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code N44.8 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like central hypothyroidism, fibrosis of testis, hypertrophy of testis, hypertrophy of testis, position of testicle - finding, position of testicle - finding, etc

The code N44.8 is applicable to male patients only. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-male patient.

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code N44.8 are found in the index:

• - Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) - K66.0
  • - testis - N44.8
  • - tunica vaginalis - N44.8

• - Deformity - Q89.9
  • - testis (congenital) - See Also: Malformation, testis and scrotum;
    • - acquired - N44.8

• - Edema, edematous (infectious) (pitting) (toxic) - R60.9
  • - testis - N44.8

• - Fibrosis, fibrotic
  • - testis - N44.8

• - Gangrene, gangrenous (connective tissue) (dropsical) (dry) (moist) (skin) (ulcer) - See Also: Necrosis; - I96
  • - testis (infectional) - N45.2
    • - noninfective - N44.8

• - Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
  • - testis - N44.8

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:

• Central hypothyroidism
• Fibrosis of testis
• Hypertrophy of testis
• Hypertrophy of testis
• Position of testicle - finding
• Position of testicle - finding
• Position of testicle - finding
• Testes - transverse lie
• Testicle in inguinal canal
• Testicle out of place
• Torsion of epididymal cyst
• X-linked central congenital hypothyroidism with late-onset testicular enlargement

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code N44.8 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.

• 729 - OTHER MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH CC/MCC
• 730 - OTHER MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITHOUT CC/MCC

Convert N44.8 to ICD-9

• 608.89 - Male genital dis NEC (Approximate Flag)

Code Classification

• Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00–N99)
  • Diseases of male genital organs (N40-N53)
    • Noninflammatory disorders of testis (N44)

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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