2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N46.9
Male infertility, unspecified
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- N46.9
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Male infertility, unspecified
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
- Chronic
- Code Navigator:
N46.9 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of male infertility, unspecified. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
The code N46.9 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.
Unspecified diagnosis codes like N46.9 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Abnormal reproductive state
- Acquired impaired spermatogenesis
- Acquired male infertility
- Autoimmune male infertility
- Drug-induced male infertility
- Environmental toxin-induced male infertility
- Fertility problem
- Infertile
- Infertility due to drug therapy
- Infertility due to germinal cell desquamation
- Infertility due to infection
- Infertility due to infection
- Infertility due to radiation
- Infertility due to radiation
- Infertility due to systemic disease
- Infertility due to testicular hypoplasia
- Male infertility
- Male infertility due to cryptorchidism
- Male infertility due to cystic fibrosis
- Male infertility due to Mycoplasma infection
- Male infertility due to systemic disease
- Male infertility due to varicocele
- Male infertility of chromosomal origin
- Male infertility of chromosomal origin
- Male infertility of developmental origin
- Male infertility of developmental origin
- Male infertility of genetic origin
- Male sterility
- Natural sterility
- Postoperative sterility
- Post-traumatic sterility
- Primary infertility
- Primary male infertility
- Radiation-induced male infertility
- Recessive sensorineural hearing loss
- Secondary infertility
- Secondary male infertility
- Semen examination: infertile
- Semen fertility - finding
- Sensorineural deafness and male infertility
- Sterility
- Sterility
- Sterility
- Sterility
- Unexplained infertility
Clinical Classification
Clinical Category is Male infertility
- CCSR Category Code: GEN015
- Inpatient Default CCSR: Y - Yes, default inpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
- Outpatient Default CCSR: Y - Yes, default outpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).
- - Infertility
- - male - N46.9
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10-CM Code Edits are applicable to this code:
- Adult diagnoses - The Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies in adult cases by checking a patient's age and any diagnosis on the patient's record. The adult code edits apply to patients age range is 15–124 years inclusive (e.g., senile delirium, mature cataract).
- Diagnoses for males only - The Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient’s sex and any diagnosis on the patient’s record, these edits apply to MALES only .
Convert N46.9 to ICD-9-CM
- ICD-9-CM Code: 606.9 - Male infertility NOS
Patient Education
Male Infertility
Infertility is a term doctors use if a man hasn't been able to get a woman pregnant after at least one year of trying. Causes of male infertility include:
- Physical problems with the testicles
- Blockages in the ducts that carry sperm
- Hormone problems
- A history of high fevers or mumps
- Genetic disorders
- Lifestyle or environmental factors
About a third of the time, infertility is because of a problem with the man. One third of the time, it is a problem with the woman. Sometimes no cause can be found.
If you suspect you are infertile, see your doctor. There are tests that may tell if you have fertility problems. When it is possible to find the cause, treatments may include medicines, surgery, or assisted reproductive technology. Happily, many couples treated for infertility are able to have babies.
NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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Code History
- FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.
Footnotes
[1] Chronic - a chronic condition code indicates a condition lasting 12 months or longer and its effect on the patient based on one or both of the following criteria:
- The condition results in the need for ongoing intervention with medical products,treatment, services, and special equipment
- The condition places limitations on self-care, independent living, and social interactions.