N48.0 — Leukoplakia of penis
N48.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for leukoplakia of penis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- carcinoma in situ of penis (D07.4)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Balanitis xerotica obliterans
- Kraurosis of penis
- Lichen sclerosus of external male genital organs
Other codes that can never be billed with N48.0
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at N48.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading N48.0 alone.
Risk adjustment
N48.0 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.
How N48.0 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 N48.0.
- Balanitis›xerotica obliterans
- Kraurosis›penis
- Leukoplakia›penis(infectional)
- Disease, diseased›white-spot, meaning lichen sclerosus et atrophicus›penis
- Lichen›albus›penis
- Lichen›atrophicus›penis
- Lichen›sclerosus›penis
Related codes at this level
Codes that share N48. If N48.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about N48.0
- Is N48.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. N48.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does N48.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99), in the block Diseases of male genital organs (N40-N53).
- What cannot be coded together with N48.0?
- N48.0 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.