2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N48
Other disorders of penis
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- N48
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Other disorders of penis
- Is Billable?
- Not Valid for Submission
- Code Navigator:
N48 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of other disorders of penis. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.
Specific Coding Applicable to Other disorders of penis
Non-specific codes like N48 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for other disorders of penis:
Use N48.0 for Leukoplakia of penis - BILLABLE CODE
Use N48.1 for Balanitis - BILLABLE CODE
N48.2 for Other inflammatory disorders of penis - NON-BILLABLE CODE
Use N48.21 for Abscess of corpus cavernosum and penis - BILLABLE CODE
Use N48.22 for Cellulitis of corpus cavernosum and penis - BILLABLE CODE
Use N48.29 for Other inflammatory disorders of penis - BILLABLE CODE
N48.3 for Priapism - NON-BILLABLE CODE
Use N48.30 for Priapism, unspecified - BILLABLE CODE
Use N48.31 for Priapism due to trauma - BILLABLE CODE
Use N48.32 for Priapism due to disease classified elsewhere - BILLABLE CODE
Use N48.33 for Priapism, drug-induced - BILLABLE CODE
Use N48.39 for Other priapism - BILLABLE CODE
Use N48.5 for Ulcer of penis - BILLABLE CODE
Use N48.6 for Induration penis plastica - BILLABLE CODE
N48.8 for Other specified disorders of penis - NON-BILLABLE CODE
Use N48.81 for Thrombosis of superficial vein of penis - BILLABLE CODE
Use N48.82 for Acquired torsion of penis - BILLABLE CODE
Use N48.83 for Acquired buried penis - BILLABLE CODE
Use N48.89 for Other specified disorders of penis - BILLABLE CODE
Use N48.9 for Disorder of penis, unspecified - BILLABLE CODE
Patient Education
Penis Disorders
Problems with the penis can cause pain and affect a man's sexual function and fertility. Penis disorders include:
- Erectile dysfunction - inability to get or keep an erection
- Priapism - a painful erection that does not go away
- Peyronie's disease - bending of the penis during an erection due to a hard lump called a plaque
- Balanitis - inflammation of the skin covering the head of the penis, most often in men and boys who have not been circumcised
- Penile cancer - a rare form of cancer, highly curable when caught early
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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.