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N49 - Inflammatory disorders of male genital organs, not elsewhere classified

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

N49 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 6 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom N49

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

  • inflammation of penis (N48.1, N48.2-)
  • orchitis and epididymitis (N45.-)
Use Additional CodeFrom N49

Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.

  • code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent
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)

More Specific Codes (6)

N49.0Inflammatory disorders of seminal vesicle→N49.1Inflammatory disorders of spermatic cord, tunica vaginalis and vas deferens→N49.2Inflammatory disorders of scrotum→N49.3Fournier gangrene→N49.8Inflammatory disorders of other specified male genital organs→N49.9Inflammatory disorder of unspecified male genital organ→

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