N44.00 — Torsion of testis, unspecified
N44.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for torsion of testis, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
N44.00 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
N44.00 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies — 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56697Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
- A57591Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Abdominal / Visceral Vascular Studies
- A57636Billing and Coding: Duplex Scanning
- A58828Billing and Coding: Treatment of Males with Low Testosterone
How N44.00 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to N44.00.
- Torsion›testis, testicle
Related codes at this level
Codes that share N44.0. If N44.00 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about N44.00
- Is N44.00 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. N44.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does N44.00 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99), in the block Diseases of male genital organs (N40-N53).