N43Non-billableSave

N43 - Hydrocele and spermatocele

ICD-10-CM Chapter 14: Diseases of the genitourinary system · N40-N53 Diseases of male genital organs (N40-N53) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

N43 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 5 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

IncludesFrom N43

Conditions this code covers.

  • hydrocele of spermatic cord, testis or tunica vaginalis
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom N43

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • congenital hydrocele (P83.5)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter N00-N99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Documentation requirements, coding pitfalls and FAQs for conditions coded with N43.