ICD-10-CM Code N46.129

Valid for Submission

N46.129 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of oligospermia due to other extratesticular causes. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

The code N46.129 is applicable to adult patients aged 15 through 124 years inclusive. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a patient outside the stated age range.

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 N46.129 are found in the index:

• - Infertility
  • - male - N46.9
    • - oligospermia - N46.11
      • - extratesticular cause - N46.129
        • - specified cause NEC - N46.129

• - Oligospermia - N46.11
  • - due to
    • - specified cause NEC - N46.129

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:

• Adult diagnoses - Adult. Age range is 15–124 years inclusive (e.g., senile delirium, mature cataract).
• 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 .

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code N46.129 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 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2020.

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

Convert N46.129 to ICD-9

• 606.1 - Oligospermia (Approximate Flag)

Code Classification

• Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00–N99)
  • Diseases of male genital organs (N40-N53)
    • Male infertility (N46)

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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